The carbon nanostructure composed of an array of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a planar graphite layer (PGL) located at the top of the array has been obtained by the injection chemical vapor deposition method, realized using high temperature catalytic pyrolysis of xylene-ferrocene mixture. The carbon nature of the planar layer was identified using Auger electron spectroscopy. S...

A modified hydrothermal method was developed to synthesize ZnO-CuO composite nanostructures. A free-standing film made of ZnO-CuO nanostructures was assembled on the surface of the hydrothermal solution with a smooth surface on one side and a spherical surface on the other side. The structure, growth mechanism and the optical properties of the composite nanostructures were studied. Structural c...

We have developed a simple solid–vapor approach for controlled growth of the tetraleg ZnO nanostructure at high yield. The length of the tetraleg is 2–3 mm and the edge size of its centering nucleus is 70–200 nm. Our electron microscopy study gives the first direct evidence about the existence of the octahedral multiple twin nucleus, which is confirmed to be responsible for the formation of the...

In this study, Gd2O3 nanocrystal (Gd2O3-NC) memories with nanostructure tunneling layers are fabricated to examine their performance. A higher programming speed for Gd2O3-NC memories with nanostructure tunneling layers is obtained when compared with that of memories using a single tunneling layer. A longer data retention (< 15% charge loss after 104 s) is also observed. This is due to the incre...

Uniform and vertical indium-oxide nanotube (IONT) arrays embedded well in n-type InP single crystal have been successfully prepared in situ by porous InP-template-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD). This IONT/InP nanostructure reveals high sensitivity to humidity at room temperature, which is ascribed to the ultrahigh surface-to-volume ratio of this nanostructure and the large number of o...

we report on the synthesis, morphology, chemically and structurally of tio2-nio-sio2 nanostructure. the tio2-nio-sio2 nanostructure was synthesized by a method based on the sol-gel method, by the simultaneous gelation of all cations. the coatings were deposited on dried soda-lime glass slides by spin coating. composite powders and coating on glass have been characterized by xrd, sem, edax, and ...

in the past decades, many methods have been developed to synthesize zero- dimensional  nanoparticles, quasi–one–dimensional (1d) cuo nanostructures, such as metal organic deposition technique,  microwave irradiation, sol-gel-like dip  technique, reverse micelle-assisted route, chemical method, and simple template free solution route. among those synthesis methods, hydrothermal and chemical reac...

conventional and nanostructured ysz coatings were deposited on the in-738 ni super alloy by the atmospheric plasma spray technique. the oxidation was measured at 1100°c in an atmospheric electrical furnace. according to the experimental results the nanostructured coatings showed a better oxidation resistance than the conventional ones. the improved oxidation resistance of the nanocoating could ...

We describe a method to form custom-shaped inorganic oxide nanostructures by using DNA nanostructure templates. We show that a DNA nanostructure can modulate the rate of chemical vapor deposition of SiO2 and TiO2 with nanometer-scale spatial resolution. The resulting oxide nanostructure inherits its shape from the DNA template. This method generates both positive-tone and negative-tone patterns...