skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Highly aligned arrays of high aspect ratio barium titanate nanowires via hydrothermal synthesis

Abstract

We report on the development of a hydrothermal synthesis procedure that results in the growth of highly aligned arrays of high aspect ratio barium titanate nanowires. Using a multiple step, scalable hydrothermal reaction, a textured titanium dioxide film is deposited on titanium foil upon which highly aligned nanowires are grown via homoepitaxy and converted to barium titanate. Scanning electron microscope images clearly illustrate the effect the textured film has on the degree of orientation of the nanowires. The alignment of nanowires is quantified by calculating the Herman's Orientation Factor, which reveals a 58% improvement in orientation as compared to growth in the absence of the textured film. The ferroelectric properties of barium titanate combined with the development of this scalable growth procedure provide a powerful route towards increasing the efficiency and performance of nanowire-based devices in future real-world applications such as sensing and power harvesting.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
  2. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22415104
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 22; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ASPECT RATIO; BARIUM; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FILMS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANATES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES

Citation Formats

Bowland, Christopher C., Zhou, Zhi, Malakooti, Mohammad H., Sodano, Henry A., E-mail: hsodano@umich.edu, and Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Highly aligned arrays of high aspect ratio barium titanate nanowires via hydrothermal synthesis. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4922277.
Bowland, Christopher C., Zhou, Zhi, Malakooti, Mohammad H., Sodano, Henry A., E-mail: hsodano@umich.edu, & Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Highly aligned arrays of high aspect ratio barium titanate nanowires via hydrothermal synthesis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922277
Bowland, Christopher C., Zhou, Zhi, Malakooti, Mohammad H., Sodano, Henry A., E-mail: hsodano@umich.edu, and Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. 2015. "Highly aligned arrays of high aspect ratio barium titanate nanowires via hydrothermal synthesis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922277.
@article{osti_22415104,
title = {Highly aligned arrays of high aspect ratio barium titanate nanowires via hydrothermal synthesis},
author = {Bowland, Christopher C. and Zhou, Zhi and Malakooti, Mohammad H. and Sodano, Henry A., E-mail: hsodano@umich.edu and Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109},
abstractNote = {We report on the development of a hydrothermal synthesis procedure that results in the growth of highly aligned arrays of high aspect ratio barium titanate nanowires. Using a multiple step, scalable hydrothermal reaction, a textured titanium dioxide film is deposited on titanium foil upon which highly aligned nanowires are grown via homoepitaxy and converted to barium titanate. Scanning electron microscope images clearly illustrate the effect the textured film has on the degree of orientation of the nanowires. The alignment of nanowires is quantified by calculating the Herman's Orientation Factor, which reveals a 58% improvement in orientation as compared to growth in the absence of the textured film. The ferroelectric properties of barium titanate combined with the development of this scalable growth procedure provide a powerful route towards increasing the efficiency and performance of nanowire-based devices in future real-world applications such as sensing and power harvesting.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4922277},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22415104}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 22,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}