title: Controllable growth and magnetic properties of nickel nanoclusters electrodeposited on the ZnO nanorod template.
abstract: The ZnO nanorods were used as a template to fabricate nickel nanoclusters by electrodeposition. The ZnO nanorod arrays act as a nano-semiconductor electrode for depositing metallic and magnetic nickel nanoclusters. The growth sites of Ni nanoclusters could be controlled by adjusting the applied potential. Under -1.15 V the Ni nanoclusters could be grown on the tips of ZnO nanorods. On increasing the potential to be more negative the ZnO nanorods were covered by Ni nanoclusters. The magnetic properties of the electrodeposited Ni nanoclusters also evolved with the applied potentials.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Excited State Processes, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 East Nan-Hu Road, Open Economic Zone, Changchun 130033, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Dongxu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Dezhen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jiying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang