Thermally Induced Shape Modification of Free-standing Nanostructures for Advanced Functionalities

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 2429
• Main Authors: Cui, Ajuan, Li, Wuxia, Shen, Tiehan H., Yao, Yuan, Fenton, J. C., Peng, Yong, Liu, Zhe, Zhang, Junwei, Gu, Changzhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.08.2013; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/301/1005/1009; 639/925/350/2093; 639/925/357/1016; 639/925/927/1007; Annealing; Asymmetry; Chemical vapor deposition; Construction; Crystallization - methods; Gases; Hardness; Heating - methods; Humanities and Social Sciences; Immobilization; Ion beams; Laboratories; Materials Testing; multidisciplinary; Nanotechnology; Nanowires; Nanowires - chemistry; Nanowires - ultrastructure; Particle Size; Physics; Science; Symmetry

Shape manipulation of nanowires is highly desirable in the construction of nanostructures, in producing free-standing interconnect bridges and as a building block of more complex functional structures. By introducing asymmetry in growth parameters, which may result in compositional or microstructura...