Synthesis and characterization of extremely uniform Fe-Co-Ni ternary alloy nanowire arrays

We have fabricated extremely uniform arrays of polycrystalline Fe-Co-Ni ternary alloy nanowires having composition Fe 12.3 wt.%, Co 43.9 wt.% and Ni 43.8 wt.%. The wires are made by electrodeposition into nanoporous alumina templates, using an electrodeposition voltage of 15 V at 1000 Hz. Nanowires have been fabricated having diameters ranging from 43 nm to 120 nm, and lengths of 3 microm to 7 microm, as dependent upon template topology. The magnetization easy axis lies along the nanowire length, with an easy axis coercivity of 72 kA/m.     

铁纳米线阵列的制备及磁性质

使用电化学沉积方法，在有序的氧化铝模板（AAO）孔洞中制备了铁纳米线有序阵列．用X射线衍射仪（XRD）、场发射扫描电子显微镜（FE-SEM）、透射电子显微镜（TEM）、对样品的结构、形貌、进行表征和观测．XRD的结果表明所制备的样品为纯的立方面心铁．SEM的图片清晰地说明铁纳米线阵列是大面积、高填充率和高度有序的．TEM的结果显示纳米线直径均匀、表面光滑且长径比大．磁测量的结果表明纳米线阵列的易磁化轴是垂直于模板表面的。     

A magnetic and magneto-optical investigation of Co-Pt alloy nanowire arrays

We have investigated the magneto-optical properties of highly ordered Co-Pt alloy nanowire arrays embedded in anodic aluminum oxide templates. The magnetic field-dependent Stokes parameters, Faraday rotation angle and ellipticity were investigated by an in-house magneto-optical measurement system. The extracted hysteresis loops are broadly consistent with magnetic hysteresis loops obtained from the vibrating sample magnetometer. The maximum Faraday rotation angle and ellipticity of these samples were examined as a function of nanowire composition. With an increase of platinum content from 9 at.% to 86 at.% in the as-deposited nanowire arrays, the maximum Faraday rotation angle per length decreases linearly from 1.39 x 10(3) degrees/cm to 1.58 x 10(2) degrees/cm. The maximum ellipticity shows a similar behavior with the composition. These linear relationships suggest a dilution model for the magnetic moment in the alloy nanowires. Our results indicate that magneto-optical measurements comprise an effective and sensitive method for monitoring the behavior of AAO-based magnetic nanowire arrays.     

Fabrication of CoZn alloy nanowire arrays: Significant improvement in magnetic properties by annealing process

Highly ordered arrays of Co_1−xZn_x (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.74) nanowires (NWs) with diameters of ∼35 nm and high length-to-diameter ratios (up to 150) were fabricated by co-electrodeposition of Co and Zn into pores of anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. The Co and Zn contents of the NWs were adjusted by varying the ratio of Zn and Co ion concentrations in the electrolyte. The effect of the Zn content, electrodeposition conditions (frequency and pH) and annealing on the structural and magnetic properties (e.g., coercivity (Hc) and squareness (Sq)) of NW arrays were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, electron diffraction, and alternating gradient force magnetometer (AGFM). XRD patterns reveal that an increase in the concentration of Zn ions of the electrolyte forces the hcp crystal structure of Co NWs to change into an amorphous phase, resulting in a significant reduction in Hc. It was found that the magnetic properties of NWs can be significantly improved by appropriate annealing process. The highest values for Hc (2050 Oe) and Sq (0.98) were obtained for NWs electrodeposited using 0.95/0.05 Co:Zn concentrations at 200 Hz and annealed at 575 °C. While the pH of electrolyte is found to have no significant effect on the structural and magnetic properties of the NW arrays, the electrodeposition frequency has considerable effects on the magnetic properties of the NW arrays. The changes in magnetic property of NWs are rooted in a competition between shape anisotropy and magnetocrystalline anisotropy in NWs.     

电化学沉积法制备Co_(0.36)Cu_(0.64)合金纳米线及其磁性

利用电化学沉积的方法制备了具有fcc结构的Co0.36Cu0.64合金纳米线阵列,并对样品在400-700℃进行了退火处理.X-射线衍射及磁测量结果显示,随着退火温度的升高CoCu合金出现相分离,伴随着相分离矫顽力显著增大.综合分析得到矫顽力的增加是由于纳米线中Co和cu的相分离使得一些Co的单畴颗粒分散在Cu之间造成的.     

模板法合成分叉Ni纳米线阵列及其磁性能

首先采用三次阳极氧化法制备了具有Y形孔道的氧化铝(AAO)模板,然后采用直流电化学沉积法,在模板内成功合成了分叉Ni纳米线的有序阵列.通过X射线衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)对所合成样品的晶体结构和形貌进行了表征测试.结果表明,制备的Ni纳米线分布均匀、排列有序,呈Y形分又结构,其...     

Template-assisted CoPd nanowire arrays: magnetic properties and FORC analysis

Highly hexagonally ordered CoPd alloy nanowire arrays were synthesized through electrochemical deposition techniques into the nanopores of anodic alumina membranes used as templates. Two different electrolytes were used for this purpose, one with pH = 4.1 and the other with pH = 7. Under applying different electrodeposition parameters and by adjusting both, the current density and the electrolyte composition, it could be possible make to vary the composition of CoPd alloy nanowires in a wide range. Their composition and morphology were investigated by SEM and EDX. The magnetic properties of the nanowires array have been measured with a VSM as a function of the temperature, ranging from RT down to 50 K, for different CoPd alloy nanowires composition. Also, the temperature influence on the reversible-irreversible magnetization processes related with the magnetization reversal of the CoPd nanowires array has been analyzed by first order reversal curve (FORC) method.     

CoFe2O4纳米线阵列的合成及磁性

利用多孔阳极氧化铝模板和溶胶．凝胶法制备了CoFe2O4纳米线阵列。溶胶是通过真空注入法被填充到模板的纳米孔洞中的，通过高温热处理，形成CoFe2O4纳米线阵列。利用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、X射线衍射仪（XRD）和振动样品磁强计（VSM）对CoFe2O4纳米线阵列的形貌、结构和磁性进行了研究。CoFe2O4纳米线的直径与模板孔径相等．其具有多晶的尖晶石结构。CoFe2O4纳米线阵列未表现磁各向异性，这是由其多晶结构和较大的磁晶各向异性常数决定的．     

Ultra-dense planar metallic nanowire arrays with extremely large anisotropic optical and magnetic properties

A nanofabrication method for the production of ultra-dense planar metallic nanowire arrays scalable to wafer-size is presented. The method is based on an efficient template deposition process to grow diverse metallic nanowire arrays with extreme regularity in only two steps. First, III–V semiconductor substrates are irradiated by a low-energy ion beam at an elevated temperature, forming a highly ordered nanogroove pattern by a “reverse epitaxy” process due to self-assembly of surface vacancies. Second, diverse metallic nanowire arrays (Au, Fe, Ni, Co, FeAl alloy) are fabricated on these III–V templates by deposition at a glancing incidence angle. This method allows for the fabrication of metallic nanowire arrays with periodicities down to 45 nm scaled up to wafer-size fabrication. As typical noble and magnetic metals, the Au and Fe nanowire arrays produced here exhibited large anisotropic optical and magnetic properties, respectively. The excitation of localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of the Au nanowire arrays resulted in a high electric field enhancement, which was used to detect phthalocyanine (CoPc) in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Furthermore, the Fe nanowire arrays showed a very high in-plane magnetic anisotropy of approximately 412 mT, which may be the largest in-plane magnetic anisotropy field yet reported that is solely induced via shape anisotropy within the plane of a thin film.

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Optical studies of electrodeposited ZnCuTe ternary nanowire arrays

The optical properties of electrodeposited zinc copper telluride (ZnCuTe) ternary nanowires on ITO substrate using polycarbonate membrane (Whatman) of diameter 200,100 and 50?nm have been studied and reported in this paper. Scanning electron microscopy confirmed the formation of the standing nanowires having uniform diameter equal to the diameter of the template used. UV–vis absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy were used for optical studies. The optical band gaps of 200, 100 and 50?nm have been calculated as 3.19, 3.39 and 3.57?eV, respectively using UV–vis spectroscopy. The UV–visible absorption spectrometry reveals the absorption spectra of 200, 100 and 50?nm shows a blue shift. UV–visible absorption depicts that the band gap increases with decrease in the diameter size of the nanowires. Several broad emission lines have been observed over a wide wavelength range (390–690?nm) of visible light spectrum in the PL spectra of ZnCuTe nanowires of diameter 200, 100 and 50?nm. A good emission peak at around 615?nm has been observed in all nanowires.     

Finite-size effect on magnetic properties in iron sulfide nanowire arrays

We report the size effect on the magnetic properties in Fe(7)S(8) nanowire arrays. Samples with diameters in the range of 50-200?nm have been prepared by electrodeposition with AAO films. The M?ssbauer measurement results show that four parameters (hyperfine fields, isomer shift, quadrupole splitting, full width at half-maximum) increased with decreasing the diameter of the nanowires. The magnetic properties were investigated. The hysteresis loop shape and the magnetization are dependent on the diameter of the nanowires. The thermomagnetic measurements on the as-synthesized nanowire samples and the corresponding bulk display a mixed-type curve and a Weiss-type curve, respectively.     

CoFe2O4纳米线阵列的制备与磁性

在氧化铝模板的纳米孔洞中,用电化学的方法沉积钴铁合金纳米线,经过550℃、30h氧化处理,成功制备出钴铁氧体纳米线阵列.分别用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)和振动样品磁场计(VSM)对样品的形貌、晶体结构和磁学性质进行了表征测试.TEM观察结果显示纳米线粗细均匀,直径约为70nm.XRD显示纳米线的物相结构为CoFe2O4;VSM测试结果表明,CoFe2O4纳米线阵列的磁滞回线矫顽力为1.190×105A/m,比氧化处理前的钴铁合金纳米线阵列有显著提高.     

Microstructure and magnetic properties of electrodeposited Co/Cu multilayer nanowire arrays

Highly uniform Co/Cu multilayer nanowire arrays had been electrodeposited into the nanochannels of porous anodic aluminum oxide template. X-ray diffraction pattern showed that Co and Cu grow in their HCP and FCC structures, respectively. Each nanowire had the same length with 20 μm and the diameter with 50 nm. The thickness of Co was 50 nm and Cu layer was about 5 nm. Magnetic measurements of the nanowire arrays showed that the magnetic coercivity for the applied field parallel to the nanowires is larger than that perpendicular to the anowires. The magnetic coercivity of Co multilayer nanowire arrays is smaller than that of the Co/Cu nanowire arrays and the crystal direction of Co layers were not obviously affected by Cu layer. The Co/Cu nanowire arrays exhibited excellent Giant Magneto Resistive ratio of about 75%.     

Fabrication of p-type silicon nanowire arrays with a high aspect ratio using electrochemical and alkaline etching

We report on the fabrication of silicon nanostructures with a high aspect ratio that were created using a combination of electrochemical etching and alkaline etching. With this technique, we were able to fabricate nano- and/or micro-wire structures that are perfectly periodic over large areas of 3.14 cm2. After porous silicon was created by electrochemical etching, the effect of post-alkaline etching was investigated to determine how changes in the etching time, solution concentration and temperature of the etchant influenced the silicon morphology. As a result, periodic silicon wire arrays with good vertical alignment were obtained, and these arrays had a width of less than 500 nm and/or a high aspect ratio of more than 20.     

Electrodeposition growth of nanowire arrays with height gradient profiles for microwave device applications

A simple and nonexpensive adapted dip-coating technique is presented and used to fabricate arrays of magnetic nanowires with a linear varying height profile. This approach allows controlling the wire height from tenths of nanometers up to several micrometers. Furthermore, the main parameters of this height gradient can be controlled, such as the maximum wire height and the lateral span of the wire array, which can be predicted with excellent accuracy using a proposed analytical model. Moreover, we show that by sequential electrodeposition with dip-coating, arrays of these height varying wires can be grown. This technique represents a novel method to fill porous templates with controlled spatial growth, leading to the fabrication of novel structures and providing control over structural features on the nanoscale level. In particular, the use of these asymmetrically loaded magnetic nanowired substrates to obtain improved microwave nonreciprocal behavior is shown for a microwave phase shifter.     

大规模制备Ni纳米线阵列及其磁学特性研究

在多孔氧化铝模板的纳米孔洞中,利用直流电化学沉积的方法成功地制备了高度有序的磁性金属Ni纳米线阵列.利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)和物理性质测量系统(PPMS)对样品的形貌、晶体结构和磁学性能进行了表征测试.SEM和TEM观察结果显示,Ni纳米线均匀地生长在氧化铝模板的孔洞中,直径约为300nm,其表面非常光滑.XRD结果显示,生长的Ni纳米线为fcc结构.磁测量结果表明,与体材料相比,Ni纳米线展现出增强的矫顽力和剩磁比,并且表现出较强的磁各向异性,其居里温度约为627K,与块体Ni的居里温度相当,说明在较高温度下,纳米线仍可呈现铁磁特性.     

Growth of high-aspect ratio horizontally-aligned ZnO nanowire arrays

A method of fabricating horizontally-aligned zinc-oxide (ZnO) nanowire (NW) arrays with full control over the width and length is demonstrated. SEM images reveal the hexagonal structure typical of zinc oxide NWs. Arrays of high-aspect ratio horizontal ZnO NWs are fabricated by making use of the lateral overgrowth from dot patterns created by electron beam lithography (EBL). An array of patterned wires are lifted off and transferred to a flexible PDMS substrate with possible applications in several key nanotechnology areas.     

退火温度对电沉积FeNi纳米线阵列结构及磁性能的关联性研究

采用E-T和脉冲电化学沉积法,利用氧化铝（AAO）模板制备出直径200 nm,长度约为13.1μm的非晶态FeNi纳米线阵列。FeNi纳米线阵列的形貌、成分、微观结构以及磁学性能分别通过场发射扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、场发射透射电子显微镜（TEM）、X射线衍射仪（XRD）以及振动样品磁强计（VSM）进行表征。研究结果表明,FeNi纳米线排列致密,外壁平整光滑,粗细均匀,元素分布均匀。制备的纳米线表现出纯非晶结构,退火后从非晶基体中析出γ（Fe, Ni）相,且晶粒的生长具有明显的（111）择优取向。VSM结果表明在非晶纳米线中具有较强的磁各向异性,其易磁化轴为平行于长轴方向。随着退火温度的升高,矫顽力H_c和剩磁比B_r/B_s整体呈下降趋势,主要归因于纳米线内应力的释放及纳米晶间的磁交换耦合作用。     

Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of BiOCl nanowire arrays

Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) nanowire arrays have been successfully prepared employing the Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) template assisted sol-gel method. Nanowires of 100 nm diameter and length 2-6 μm, assembled in the porous of AAO templates, were formed. XRD and HRTEM results show that the nanowires are pure BiOCl polycrystal phase without Bi₂O₃ or BiCl₃. The photocatalytic activity of BiOCl nanowire arrays was investigated by the degradation of Rhodamine B dye solution under UV irradiation.