Cobalt-nickel (Co-Ni) binary alloy nanowires of different compositions were co-deposited in the nanopores of highly ordered anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates from a single sulfate bath using alternating current (AC) electrodeposition. AC electrodeposition was accomplished without modifying or removing the barrier layer. Field emission scanning electron microscope was used to study the morph...

Arrays of perpendicular ferromagnetic nanowires have recently attracted considerable interest for their potential use in many areas of advanced nanotechnology. We report a simple approach to create self-assembled nanowires of alpha-Fe through the decomposition of a suitably chosen perovskite. We illustrate the principle behind this approach using the reaction 2La(0.5)Sr(0.5)FeO(3) --> LaSrFeO(4...

Nanowires Optoelectronic Synaptic In article number 2208807, Ye Zhou and co-workers summarize the current progress of nanowires-based optoelectronic synaptic devices in UV-visible-IR spectral range, including functionalities neuromorphic applications. This review may promote applications nanowires for future multifunctional systems.

Aligned ZnO nanowires with different lengths (1 to approximately 4 μm) have been deposited on indium titanium oxide-coated glass substrates by using the solution phase deposition method for application as a work electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). From the results, the increases in length of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires can increase adsorption of the N3 dye through ZnO nanowires to im...

Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to demonstrate the synergistic effects of the extrinsic size (nanowire length) and intrinsic size (twin boundary spacing) on the failure manner, yield strength, ductility and deformation mechanism of the twinned nanowires containing high density coherent twin boundaries CTBs paralleled to the nanowires’ axis. The twinned nanowires show an intense ex...

In this paper, construction of hybrid device by integrating nanowires with F(1)-ATPase motors is described. The nickel nanowires and multi-segment nanowires, including gold and nickel, were fabricated by electrochemical deposition in nanoporous templates. The nickel nanowires functionalized by biotinylated peptide can be assembled directly onto F(1)-ATPase motors to act as the propellers. If th...

GaN nanowires are promising building blocks for future nanoelectronics, optoelectronic devices, and nanogenerators. Here, we report on strong piezoelectricity in individual single-crystal GaN nanowires revealed by direct measurement of the piezoelectric constant using piezoresponse force microscopy. Our experimental results show that individual c-axis GaN nanowires, with a characteristic dimens...

A challenge in the development of nanometer-scale devices, which are envisioned to impact human life in the near future, is the development of economical techniques for the fabrication of their building blocks. Owing to their unique and exquisite characteristics, nanowires are ideal building blocks for functional nanometer-scale electronics, photonic structures, and nanosurgery devices. Here, w...

In this thesis, I present a novel fabrication technique for synthesizing Te-doped Bi nanowire arrays, which represent a unique class of one-dimensional systems. Due to the small electron effective mass and the highly anisotropic Fermi surface of Bi, Bi nanowires are especially intriguing for the study of one-dimensional systems, as well as novel thermoelectric materials. Te, which acts as an el...