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Geaney, Hugh
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- PublicationSpontaneous room temperature elongation of CdS and Ag2S nanorods via oriented attachment(ACS Publications, 2009-08-06)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; Spontaneous elongation from nanorod to nanowire in the presence of an amine is reported for nanocrystals of cadmium sulfide and silver sulfide (cation exchanged from CdS). Elongation occurs instantaneously where the final aspect ratio is a controllable multiple of the original nanorod length. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis reveals the influential factors on the attachment processare the concentration of amine, duration and temperature of the reaction. The elongated nanorods are further characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy(UV-vis) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A mechanism of oriented attachment is evidenced by the doubling in length of asymmetrically gold tipped CdS nanorods with the corresponding absence of elongation in symmetrically tipped nanorods.829Scopus© Citations 86 - PublicationMetal surface nucleated supercritical fluid–solid–solid growth of Si and Ge/SiOx core–shell nanowires(RSC publications, 2010-01)
; ; ; ; ; ; High yields of single-crystalline silicon nanowires and germanium/silicon oxide core-shell nanostructures were synthesized using a supercritical fluid-solid-solid growth mechanism. The formation of the one-dimensional nanostructures was investigated on stainless steel and titanium reactor cell walls. The nanowire growth is diffusion controlled with no catalyst particles being observed at the tip of the nanowires, which is contrary to the characteristic feature of a one-dimensional growth based on the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. The diameter and length of the nanowires were in the ranges of 30-60 nm and 1-10 µm, respectively, as found by high-resolution electron microscopy. The nanowires were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).599Scopus© Citations 21