Large-scale fabrication of ordered arrays of microcontainers and the restraint effect on growth of CuO nanowires

作者:Shao Pengrui; Deng Shaozhi; Chen Jun; Xu Ningsheng*
来源:Nanoscale Research Letters, 2011, 6: 86.
DOI:10.1186/1556-276X-6-86

摘要

Technique has been developed to fabricate ordered arrays of microcontainers. We report that ordered microcontainer arrays of Cu can be fabricated on glass substrate by thin film deposition and self-assembly technology. In addition, CuO nanowires are found to grow only in the inner sides of microcontainers, which verifies the stress growth mechanism of CuO nanowires. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy study reveals that CuO nanowires grow along the [110] direction. Such structure may have potential application in micro-electron sources, which have the self-focused function.