title: Controlled growth of novel hyper-branched nanostructures in nanoporous alumina membrane.
abstract: This paper proposes a novel approach to fabricate hyper-branched anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) nanostructures with different branches on the vertically-aligned trunk and at the trunk terminal. Silver nanowires with different dimensional and multifunctional complexity have been prepared from this hyper-branched AAO template by varying the electrodeposition time. These kinds of novel nanostructure may be used to build blocks for nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials and Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27109, USA. zhangjp@wfu.edu
authors.forename: Junping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Cynthia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Carroll