Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ln(OH)₃ Nanorods and the Conversion to Ln₂O₃ (Ln = Eu, Nd, Dy) Nanorods via Annealing Process

Figure 2

TEM images of the as-synthesized Ln(OH)₃: ((a) and (b)) Eu(OH)₃, ((c) and (d)) Nd(OH)₃, and ((e) and (f)) Dy(OH)₃.

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