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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 907503, 7 pages
Low Temperature Synthesis of Hexagonal Shaped α-Al2O3 Using a Solvothermal Method
1Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Daedong, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749, Republic of Korea
2School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Daedong, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749, Republic of Korea
3TPS Inc., 193 Galsan-dong, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 704-900, Republic of Korea
Received 15 November 2012; Revised 6 December 2012; Accepted 12 December 2012
Academic Editor: Jianxin Zou
Copyright © 2012 A-Young Kim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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