OICC Press International Nano Letters 2228-5326 5 2 (June 2015) 2015 02 04 Boehmite (AlOOH) nanostrips and their growth mechanism 10.1007/s40089-015-0138-7 EN Farooq Ahmad Dar National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190006, IN Ashaq Hussain Sofi National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190006, IN Mohammad Ashraf Shah National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, Kashmir, 190006, IN Journal Article 2015 02 04 Abstract Crystalline nanostrips of AlOOH have been prepared at 240∘C\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$240\,^{\circ }\mathrm {C}$$\end{document} through a fast route. Powder X-ray diffraction studies reveal that the as-prepared nanostrips are highly crystalline in nature and by morphological investigations using FESEM, it was revealed that the strips have average length of 210 nm and width of 60  ±\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\pm $$\end{document}  20 nm. A plausible theory is proposed which reveals the growth mechanism of nanostrips.