In this work, a hydrothermal route using an ethanol-water solution to progressively synthesize a sequenceof flowerlike three-dimensional
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-AlOOH boehmite nanostructures without employing templates or matrixesfor self-assembly is presented. The flowerlike boehmite nanoarchitectures exhibit three hierarchies of self-organization, i.e., single-crystalline nanorods, nanostrips, and bundles, which are characterized by scanningand transmission electron microscopy. The sequence of products obtained after different processing timesindicates a self-assembly mechanism. The hydrogen bonding on the surface of nanorods or nanostrips possiblyplays a key role, as identified by FTIR spectra of the products after they had been heated to 1000
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C. Thespecific surface area and pore-size distribution of the obtained product as determined by gas-sorptionmeasurements show that the boehmite nanoarchitectures exhibit high BET surface area and porosity properties.