Ghim Wei Ho et al 2004 Nanotechnology 15 996 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/15/8/023
Ghim Wei Ho1, Andrew See Weng Wong2, Dae-Joon Kang1 and Mark E Welland1
Show affiliationsSeveral techniques have already been developed for synthesizing silicon carbide (SiC) material in the form of nanospheres and nanowires/rods. Here, we report the synthesis of a distinctly different kind of SiC nanostructure in the form of three-dimensional crystalline nanowire-based flower-like structures. Interest in such structures centres around the combination of a simple growth process based on SiC nanowire formation, with a resultant structure having potentially complex mechanical and optical properties, the latter a consequence of the wide band gap of bulk SiC. The synthesis of these SiC nanowire flowers is via a vapour–liquid–solid (VLS) process, on which a detailed study of both the chemical and structural composition has been carried out.
Issue 8 (August 2004)
Received 27 April 2004
Published 18 June 2004
Ghim Wei Ho et al 2004 Nanotechnology 15 996