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Ion-Transfer-Based Growth: A Mechanism for CuTCNQ Nanowire Formation†

  1. Heng-Xing Ji1,2,
  2. Jin-Song Hu1,
  3. Yu-Guo Guo1,*,
  4. Wei-Guo Song1,
  5. Li-Jun Wan1,*

Article first published online: 5 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200702766

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 24, pages 4879–4882, December 17, 2008

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How to Cite

Ji, H.-X., Hu, J.-S., Guo, Y.-G., Song, W.-G. and Wan, L.-J. (2008), Ion-Transfer-Based Growth: A Mechanism for CuTCNQ Nanowire Formation. Adv. Mater., 20: 4879–4882. doi: 10.1002/adma.200702766

Author Information

  1. 1

    Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100190 (P.R. China)

  2. 2

    Graduate School of CAS, Beijing, 100064 (P.R. China)

*Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100190 (P.R. China).

  1. †

    This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20 575 070, 20 603 041, 20 673 121, and 50 730 005), the National Key Project on Basic Research (Nos. 2006CB806 100 and 2006CB932100), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The authors thank Prof. Wen-Ping Hu (Institute of Chemistry, CAS) for useful discussions. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the authors.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 DEC 2008
  2. Article first published online: 5 MAY 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 24 DEC 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 7 NOV 2007

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Keywords:

  • arrays;
  • charge transfer;
  • copper;
  • crystals;
  • nanowires
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A new ion-transfer-based mechanism is proposed for the growth of CuTCNQ nanowires within the confines of an anodic aluminum oxide template. Remarkably, Cu ions are found to move across the growing solid single-crystalline nanowire at a very high rate with macroscopic distance, as schematically illustrated in the figure.

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