A hyrdrothermal reaction process has been developed to prepare rod-like crystals of
copper oxide using copper nitrate trihydrate as a function of synthesis temperature, stirring speed
and solution pH value. The properties of the fabricated crystals were studied using scanning
electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and particle size analysis. The morphology of the
synthesized CuO was dependent on both the pH value of the solution and the morphology of the
seed materials. Synthesized particles have regular morphologies and a uniform size distribution.
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