Fabrication of Centimeter-scale Well-aligned SiC/SiO2 Core-shell Nanowires by Interlaminar Vapor-diffusion Reaction Method

Title:Fabrication of Centimeter-scale Well-aligned SiC/SiO2 Core-shell Nanowires by Interlaminar Vapor-diffusion Reaction Method

Volume: 8 Issue: 5

Author(s): Jian Wei, Kezhi Li, Jin Chen and Hudie Yuan

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Keywords: Array, carbide, core-shell, centimeter-scale, nanowires.

Abstract: Centimeter-scale well-aligned SiC/SiO2 core-shell nanowires were fabricated by a novel interlaminar vapor-diffusion reaction method in a double-channel quartz tube. The synthesized nanowires grew in a uniform direction perpendicular to a porous graphite substrate and were parallel to one another. The core-shell nanowires are 10 millimeters long and consist of β-SiC crystalline core of with diameters of 30-60 nm wrapped with an amorphous silica layer of about 20 nm. The formation mechanism of the well-aligned nanostructure is probably ascribed to the downward vapor-solid growth process and gravity revulsive effect that plays an important role because of super high aspect ratio of the as-received nanowires.

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Wei Jian, Li Kezhi, Chen Jin and Yuan Hudie, Fabrication of Centimeter-scale Well-aligned SiC/SiO2 Core-shell Nanowires by Interlaminar Vapor-diffusion Reaction Method, Current Nanoscience 2012; 8 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341312802884454