Morphological evolution, growth mechanism, and magneto-transport properties of silver telluride one-dimensional nanostructures

p-Type Field-Effect Transistors of Single-Crystal Zinc Telluride NanobeltsThis work was supported by the US NSF (DMR-0731382, CCF-0726815, and CCF-0702204) and by the State University of New York at Binghamton

Zinc telluride (ZnTe) is a very attractive semiconductor with a direct bandgap of 2.26 eV and a Bohr exciton radius of 6.2 nm. Although one-dimensional (1D) ZnTe has been prepared by using a pulsed electrochemical deposition method in aqueous solution and recently an oriented attachment mechanism in organic solution, the reported diameters are much larger than the Bohr exciton radius and its pr...

Quantum Interference Control of Ballistic Magneto- resistance in a Magnetic Nanowire Containing Two Atomic- Size Domain Walls

The magnetoresistance of a one-dimensional electron gas in a metallic ferromagnetic nanowire containing two atomic-size domain walls has been investigated in the presence of spin-orbit interaction. The magnetoresistance is calculated in the ballistic regime, within the Landauer-Büttiker formalism. It has been demonstrated that the conductance of a magnetic nanowire with double domain walls...

Helical Growth of Aluminum Nitride: New Insights into Its Growth Habit from Nanostructures to Single Crystals

By understanding the growth mechanism of nanomaterials, the morphological features of nanostructures can be rationally controlled, thereby achieving the desired physical properties for specific applications. Herein, the growth habits of aluminum nitride (AlN) nanostructures and single crystals synthesized by an ultrahigh-temperature, catalyst-free, physical vapor transport process were investig...

Magneto-electrical transport through MBE-grown III-V semiconductor nanostructures: from zero- to one-dimensional type of transport

Structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of pure and Dy-doped Co3O4 nanostructures for the electrochemical evolution of oxygen in alkaline media

In this study, spinel-type cobalt oxide (Co3O4) and Co3-xDyxO4 (x = 0.04 and 0.05 molar ratio) nanoparticles were synthesized via combustion method at 700 °C. Crystallite nature, phase purity and thermal analysis of the prepared compounds were investigated by PXRD, FT-IR and TGA techniques. Structural analyses were performed by the FullProf program employing profile matching with constant scale...