Synthesis of Cu Nanowires with Polycarbonate Template
- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang (Malaysia)
Copper nanowires were fabricated into arrays of pores on ion-track etched polycarbonate membrane, using electrodeposition technique. We coated Au thin film layer on one side of membrane in order to have electrical contact. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the Au layer has a strong (111) texture. The pores which have cylindrical shape with 6 micron length and 30 nm diameter were filled by copper atoms, fabricating Cu nanowires. Energy Disperse Spectrometry (EDS) indicated the picks of copper which filled the pores of substrate. The morphology and structure of Cu nanowires were characterized by SEM, TEM and XRD, respectively. The results show that although all the nanowires do not have uniform diameter, but all of them are continuous along the length.
- OSTI ID:
- 21511537
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1328, Issue 1; Conference: PERFIK-2010: Malaysia annual physics conference 2010, Damai Laut (Malaysia), 27-30 Oct 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3573730; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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