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A novel and facile way to synthesize diamondoids nanowire cluster array

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2019

Jilong Wang ,
Jingjing Qiu  and
Shiren Wang
Jilong Wang*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People’s Republic of China; and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
Jingjing Qiu*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
Shiren Wang*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, Texas 77843-3131, USA
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: jenny.qiu@ttu.edu
b)e-mail: s.wang@tamu.edu
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Abstract

Nowadays, hierarchical materials have received tremendous interests because of their unique physical and chemical properties. In this article, a novel and facile particle aggregation method was used to fabricate vertically aligned diamondoid nanowires and hierarchical branched nanowire cluster array by using an electrophoresis template method. Triamantane, a three-cage diamondoid, was applied as raw material in current research. Diamondoids are nanometer-sized, hydrogen-terminated diamond-like, saturated hydrocarbons, which process great potential in nanotechnology due to biocompatibility and ultrahard nature. By electrophoresis template method, triamantane molecules dissolved in toluene were transferred into a porous alumina template by electric field and form the one-dimensional (1D) nanostructure with high aspect ratio. After that, a two-step thermal treatment was applied to the nanowires to achieve hierarchical branched nanowires. The surface morphologies of triamantane nanowire array with different treatments were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. This approach opens a new avenue for mass production of the vertically aligned diamondoid nanowires and hierarchical branched nanowire cluster arrays.

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nanostructureelectrodepositionscanning electron microscopy (SEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 34 , Issue 17: Focus Issue: Building Advanced Materials via Particle Aggregation and Molecular Self-Assembly , 16 September 2019 , pp. 2976 - 2982
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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