title: Template-based fabrication of nanowire-nanotube hybrid arrays.
abstract: The fabrication and structure characterization of ordered nanowire-nanotube hybrid arrays embedded in porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes are reported. Arrays of TiO(2) nanotubes were first deposited into the pores of AAO membranes by a sol-gel technique. Co nanowires were then electrochemically deposited into the TiO(2) nanotubes to form the nanowire-nanotube hybrid arrays. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy measurements showed a high nanowire filling factor and a clean interface between the Co nanowire and the TiO(2) nanotube. Application of these hybrids to the fabrication of ordered nanowire arrays with highly controllable geometric parameters is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Zuxin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Wenhao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Naugle
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lyuksyutov