Rayleigh-instability-driven simultaneous morphological and compositional transformation from Co nanowires to CoO octahedra

X. H. Huang, Z. Y. Zhan, X. Wang, Z. Zhang, G. Z. Xing, D. L. Guo, D. P. Leusink, L. X. Zheng, T. Wu

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Abstract

Arrays of regularly distributed CoO nano-octahedra are obtained by annealing Co nanowires at high temperatures. Both the size and the separation distance of the nano-octahedra can be controlled by tuning the annealing temperature. These self-assembled linear arrays of CoO nanocrystals result from the synergetic combination of the morphological transformation due to the intrinsic Rayleigh instability and the phase transformation due to the cobalt oxidation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number203112
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume97
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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