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Formation of Gold Nanowires on MgO Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Akira Ueda
Affiliation:
Chemical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, U.S.A.
Richard R. Mu
Affiliation:
Chemical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, U.S.A.
Vanessa Saunders
Affiliation:
Chemical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, U.S.A.
Thurston Livingston
Affiliation:
Chemical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, U.S.A.
Marvin H. Wu
Affiliation:
Chemical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, U.S.A.
Vera L. Arantes
Affiliation:
FEAU-Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Sao Jose Campos, SP, Brazil
Don O. Henderson
Affiliation:
Chemical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Gold nanowires were fabricated on the stepped MgO (100) surfaces. The stepped MgO (100) surfaces were produced by polishing (100) surfaces at an inclined angle ∼1° toward a [110] direction. An atomic force microscope image indicates that gold nanowires have grown at the steps on MgO (100) surface with a height of ∼ 2 nm and a width of ∼60 nm.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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