Indium Oxide Nanospirals Made of Kinked Nanowires

Helical inorganic nanostructures have received great attention due to their unique structures that could be interesting for both fundamental research and nanodevice applications. Using a tube-in-tube laser ablation chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method with gold nanoparticles as the catalysts, we r...

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Published in:ACS nano 2011-03, Vol.5 (3), p.2155-2161
Main Authors: Shen, Guozhen, Liang, Bo, Wang, Xianfu, Chen, Po-Chiang, Zhou, Chongwu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crystallization - methods
Indium
Macromolecular Substances - chemistry
Materials Testing
Molecular Conformation
Nanostructures - chemistry
Nanostructures - ultrastructure
Particle Size
Surface Properties
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Summary:Helical inorganic nanostructures have received great attention due to their unique structures that could be interesting for both fundamental research and nanodevice applications. Using a tube-in-tube laser ablation chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method with gold nanoparticles as the catalysts, we reported the synthesis of self-assembled kinked In2O3 nanospirals and multikinked nanowires. As-synthesized nanostructures showed ultrafast photoinduced reversible wettability switching behavior from hydrophobic (132.7°) to superhydrophilic (0°) within 14 min. Single kinked In2O3 nanostructure-based field-effect transistors were fabricated, and mobilities higher than 200 cm2/(V·s) were obtained, revealing good opportunity in fabricating high-performance electronic and optoelectronic devices.
ISSN:1936-0851
1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/nn103358y