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A brief review on the growth mechanism of CuO nanowires via thermal oxidation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Lijun Xiang ,
Jian Guo ,
Chenhui Wu ,
Menglei Cai ,
Xinrong Zhou  and
Nailiang Zhang
Lijun Xiang*
Affiliation:
Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, Hubei, China
Jian Guo*
Affiliation:
Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, Hubei, China
Chenhui Wu
Affiliation:
Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, Hubei, China
Menglei Cai
Affiliation:
Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, Hubei, China
Xinrong Zhou
Affiliation:
Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, Hubei, China
Nailiang Zhang
Affiliation:
Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, Hubei, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: xianglijun18@hotmail.com
b)e-mail: nuclearship@mnprdc.com
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Abstract

For one-dimensional nanomaterials, the performances are strongly related to the diameters, lengths, morphologies, and structures, implying that it is of great significance to understand the related growth mechanisms and thus to achieve the desired nanostructures. Thermal oxidation of copper has been widely used to fabricate CuO nanowires (NWs), whereas the growth mechanism still remains controversial in spite of the extensive investigations. Therefore, this review aims to offer a critical discussion about the growth mechanisms. First, the effects of different growth conditions on the growth of CuO NWs are introduced for basic understanding. Subsequently, the proposed mechanisms in different literature studies, i.e., the vapor–solid, self-catalyzed growth, stress-induced growth, stress grain boundary (GB) diffusion, and oxygen concentration gradient, are discussed and summarized. It seems that the combination of “stress GB diffusion” and “oxygen concentration gradient” mechanisms could be relevant for the growth of CuO NWs via thermal oxidation of copper.

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thermal oxidationgrowth mechanismone-dimensionalCuOconcentration gradient
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 16 , 28 August 2018 , pp. 2264 - 2280
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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