(a) The straw bundle-like structure of the synthesized silinaite.
They were individually introduced into a test pen which included a central lane made of rows of straw bundle.
Also, the vertical-section view of an individual straw bundle-like LiNaSi2O5.2H2O (Figure 2d) reveals that the thickness of the rods is about 100 nm.
Each straw bundle possesses two fantails consisting of bundles of outward-spreading nanorods that are bonded to each other in the center.
(a, b) The straw bundle-like structure of the synthesized silinaite composed of thin micro-rods, some of which are belt-like structures.
Mounds of it have been raked down and litter the pathway, while a tower of new straw – bundled up into "yealms" or large straw tiles that will go straight on to the roof – is about to be removed from a nearby trailer.
In the test pen, the subject walked to a guillotine gate at the end of a lane made between rows of straw bundles.
In this research work, we report a simple hydrothermal approach to the synthesis of new multi-layer straw bundle-like silinaite micro-rods with a regular new morphology.
The synthesized samples are composed of highly monodispersed straw bundle-like silinaite micro-rods with a length and width of about 10 to 15 μm and 400 nm, respectively (Figure 2). Figure 2a shows the straw bundle-like structure of the synthesized silinaite.
It shows that the flowers are in straw bundle-like forms to which the petals join in a certain point.
In summary, uniform straw bundle-like silinaite micro-rods were successfully synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method.
