Graphene oxide-templated synthesis of ultrathin or tadpole-shaped au nanowires with alternating hcp and fcc domains.

Huang, Xiao; Li, Shaozhou; Wu, Shixin; Huang, Yizhong; Boey, Freddy; Gan, Chee Lip; Zhang, Hua · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Ultrathin Au nanowires (AuNWs) and tadpole-shaped nanowires are synthesized on graphene oxide (GO) sheet templates. For the first time, 1.6 nm-diameter AuNWs are shown to contain hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal domains, and the tadpole-shaped nanowires exhibit alternating sets of hcp and face-centered cubic (fcc) structures, associated with variation in wire thickness.

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