title: Thermal properties of bi nanowire arrays with different orientations and diameters.
abstract: The thermal properties of single-crystalline Bi nanowire arrays with different orientations and diameters were studied by differential scanning calorimeter and in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction. Bi nanowires were fabricated by a pulsed electrodeposition technique within the porous anodic alumina membrane. The relationships between the orientation and diameter of Bi nanowires and the corresponding thermal properties are deduced solely from experimental results. It is shown that the melting point decreases with decreasing nanowire diameter, and there is an anisotropic thermal expansion property of Bi nanowires with different orientations and diameters. The transition of the thermal expansion coefficient from positive at low temperature to negative at high temperature for Bi nanowire arrays was analyzed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanostructure Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China.
authors.forename: Yonggang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xincun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Xiaohu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guanghai
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li