High quality Mn-doped CdTe nanorods with uniform diameter were synthesized in aqueous phase byspontaneous self-organization of Mn-doped CdTe nanoparticles into nanorods. The diameter of the CdTenanorods increased gradually from 4.1 to 10.2 nm for 0–4.2% Mn incorporations. The intermediate step inthe nanorod growth was found to be double or triple chain aggregation. The X-ray diffraction (XRD)patt…