TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel and facile way to synthesize diamondoids nanowire cluster array
AU - Wang, Jilong
AU - Qiu, Jingjing
AU - Wang, Shiren
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Materials Research Society 2019.
PY - 2019/9/16
Y1 - 2019/9/16
N2 - Nowadays, hierarchical materials have received tremendous interests because of their unique physical and chemical properties. In this article, a novel and facile particle aggregation method was used to fabricate vertically aligned diamondoid nanowires and hierarchical branched nanowire cluster array by using an electrophoresis template method. Triamantane, a three-cage diamondoid, was applied as raw material in current research. Diamondoids are nanometer-sized, hydrogen-terminated diamond-like, saturated hydrocarbons, which process great potential in nanotechnology due to biocompatibility and ultrahard nature. By electrophoresis template method, triamantane molecules dissolved in toluene were transferred into a porous alumina template by electric field and form the one-dimensional (1D) nanostructure with high aspect ratio. After that, a two-step thermal treatment was applied to the nanowires to achieve hierarchical branched nanowires. The surface morphologies of triamantane nanowire array with different treatments were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. This approach opens a new avenue for mass production of the vertically aligned diamondoid nanowires and hierarchical branched nanowire cluster arrays.
AB - Nowadays, hierarchical materials have received tremendous interests because of their unique physical and chemical properties. In this article, a novel and facile particle aggregation method was used to fabricate vertically aligned diamondoid nanowires and hierarchical branched nanowire cluster array by using an electrophoresis template method. Triamantane, a three-cage diamondoid, was applied as raw material in current research. Diamondoids are nanometer-sized, hydrogen-terminated diamond-like, saturated hydrocarbons, which process great potential in nanotechnology due to biocompatibility and ultrahard nature. By electrophoresis template method, triamantane molecules dissolved in toluene were transferred into a porous alumina template by electric field and form the one-dimensional (1D) nanostructure with high aspect ratio. After that, a two-step thermal treatment was applied to the nanowires to achieve hierarchical branched nanowires. The surface morphologies of triamantane nanowire array with different treatments were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. This approach opens a new avenue for mass production of the vertically aligned diamondoid nanowires and hierarchical branched nanowire cluster arrays.
KW - electrodeposition
KW - nanostructure
KW - scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067689858&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1557/jmr.2019.197
DO - 10.1557/jmr.2019.197
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067689858
SN - 0884-2914
VL - 34
SP - 2976
EP - 2982
JO - Journal of Materials Research
JF - Journal of Materials Research
IS - 17
ER -