Shape-Controlled Synthesis and Pattern Recognition of Dendritic Co sub(3)O sub(4) Superstructures

In this paper, the optimal projection recognition (OPR) developed in our lab has been used to find the regularities of forming dendritic Co sub(3)O sub(4) superstructures. The criteria for predicting dendritic Co3O4 superstructures can be obtained by using OPR method among different kinds of pattern recognition diagrams. The new samples predicted to be dendritic Co sub(3)O sub(4) superstructures were designed by using the inverse projection based on the OPR method. The predicted results agreed well with our experiments. Therefore, the work presented is very useful not only inthe shape-controlled synthesis of dendritic Co sub(3)O sub(4) superstructures but also in materials design of other nanomaterials.