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Micromorphology and Optical Bandgap Characterization of Copper Oxide Nanowires

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Due to the industrial applications of nasno materials, the growth of Copper oxide (CuO) nanowires (NWs) at the same and opposite directions of the electric and gravitational fields was investigated to study the effects of fields on the NWs properties. The experiments were designed to grow NWs using thermal oxidation method at 450 °C for 50 h. NWs growth was evaluated to study two distinct cases; first, substrates exposed to the gravitational field and second those treated with electric field (EF) in-lined with gravitation field (GF). It was observed that the electric field developed a diameter homogeneity while compressing the NWs and decreasing the diameters. Furthermore, the GF influenced only the length of the NWs, while the EF had an impact on both length and diameter of the NWs. The direction of fields played an important role in NWs morphology and intensity of XRD pattern and optical properties. It was also observed that field direction greatly influenced the NWs length and diameter.

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  1. Department of Physics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Samaneh Shapouri, Seyed Mohammad Elahi & Shahram Solaymani

  2. Department of Physics, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Laya Dejam & Atefeh Ghaderi

  3. Department of Mathematics, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran

    Zohreh Bagheri

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Shapouri, S., Elahi, S.M., Dejam, L. et al. Micromorphology and Optical Bandgap Characterization of Copper Oxide Nanowires. Silicon 10, 1911–1919 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-017-9702-2

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