Yang Tang et al 2009 Nanotechnology 20 495601 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/20/49/495601
Yang Tang1,2, Dongxu Zhao1,4, Dezhen Shen1, Jiying Zhang1 and Xiaohua Wang3
Show affiliationsThe ZnO nanorods were used as a template to fabricate nickel nanoclusters by electrodeposition. The ZnO nanorod arrays act as a nano-semiconductor electrode for depositing metallic and magnetic nickel nanoclusters. The growth sites of Ni nanoclusters could be controlled by adjusting the applied potential. Under −1.15 V the Ni nanoclusters could be grown on the tips of ZnO nanorods. On increasing the potential to be more negative the ZnO nanorods were covered by Ni nanoclusters. The magnetic properties of the electrodeposited Ni nanoclusters also evolved with the applied potentials.
81.16.-c Methods of nanofabrication and processing
75.50.Tt Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials
75.75.+a Magnetic properties of nanostructures
Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Issue 49 (9 December 2009)
Received 14 May 2009, in final form 25 July 2009
Published 6 November 2009
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