title: Large-scale fabrication of ordered arrays of microcontainers and the restraint effect on growth of CuO nanowires.
abstract: Technique has been developed to fabricate ordered arrays of microcontainers. We report that ordered microcontainer arrays of Cu can be fabricated on glass substrate by thin film deposition and self-assembly technology. In addition, CuO nanowires are found to grow only in the inner sides of microcontainers, which verifies the stress growth mechanism of CuO nanowires. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy study reveals that CuO nanowires grow along the [110] direction. Such structure may have potential application in micro-electron sources, which have the self-focused function.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China. stsxns@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Pengrui
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Shaozhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ningsheng
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xu