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Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of recent research on inorganic nanowires, particularly metallic and semiconducting nanowires. Nanowires are one-dimensional, anisotropic structures, small in diameter, and large in surface-to-volume ratio. Thus, their physical properties are different than those of structures of different scale and dimensionality. While the study of nanowires is particularly challenging, scientists have made immense progress in both developing synthetic methodologies for the fabrication of nanowires, and developing instrumentation for their characterization. The chapter is divided into three main sections: Sect. 4.1 the synthesis, Sect. 4.2 the characterization and physical properties, and Sect. 4.3 the applications of nanowires. Yet, the reader will discover many links that make these aspects of nanoscience intimately interdepent.

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Abbreviations

AC:

alternating-current

AC:

amorphous carbon

AFM:

atomic force microscope

AFM:

atomic force microscopy

CVD:

chemical vapor deposition

DC:

direct-current

DNA:

deoxyribonucleic acid

DSC:

differential scanning calorimetry

EELS:

electron energy loss spectra

EFM:

electric field gradient microscopy

EFM:

electrostatic force microscopy

FE:

finite element

FET:

field-effect transistor

HOPG:

highly oriented pyrolytic graphite

HRTEM:

high-resolution transmission electron microscope

MFM:

magnetic field microscopy

MFM:

magnetic force microscope

MFM:

magnetic force microscopy

NSOM:

near-field scanning optical microscopy

PMMA:

poly(methyl methacrylate)

PS:

polystyrene

PZT:

lead zirconate titanate

SEM:

scanning electron microscope

SEM:

scanning electron microscopy

STM:

scanning tunneling microscope

STM:

scanning tunneling microscopy

SThM:

scanning thermal microscope

TEM:

transmission electron microscope

TEM:

transmission electron microscopy

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