title: Synthesis of bamboo-like 3C-SiC nanowires by microwave assisted carbothermal reduction.
abstract: In this paper, bamboo-like 3C-SiC nanowires were synthesized in minutes without a metal catalyst by a simple, fast, and low-cost microwave method. The as-synthesized nanowires were studied by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectra, and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that the bamboo-like nanowires have a stem of cubic 3C-SiC and nodes consisting of a high number of stacking faults, which are crystalline 3C-SiC with a diameter of 20-100 nm and a length around several microns. A possible mechanism for growing bamboo-like SiC nanowires in a microwave is also proposed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Zhuhai College, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
authors.forename: Mingxia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tianhui
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qin