Fabrication of Single Crystalline Cadmium Nanowires by a Facile Low Temperature Vapor Phase Method

Authors: Mohanty, Paritosh; Park, Jeunghee; Lee, Gangho; Kim, Bongsoo

Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 6, Number 11, November 2006 , pp. 3376-3379(4)

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers

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Abstract:

Single-crystalline cadmium nanowires were successfully fabricated by vaporization of cadmium metal powders in a horizontal quartz tube furnace at 250 °C. The vaporization was carried out for 30 minutes and yielded nanowires of diameters of 80 to 250 nm and lengths up to several tens of microns. The nanowires were deposited on a Si (111) substrate kept at the lower temperature zone (150-175 °C) of the furnace. When the deposition temperature was lower than this, hexagonal nanodisks were produced. The possible mechanism for the formation of the obtained nanostructures is discussed.

Keywords: SINGLE CRYSTALLINE METAL NANOWIRES; CADMIUM; VAPOR-PHASE METHOD

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2006.014

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