Great efforts have been made recently to fabricate one-dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials and ordered nanomaterial arrays due to their novel chemical and physical properties for future application in nanodevices. One-dimensional nanostructures, such as nanowires (NWs), nanoribbons and nanotubes, are promising components in a wide range of nanoscale device applications. A large amount of fabrication methods have been developed to synthesize the nanomaterials, such as vapour growth and solution growth processes. In this feature article, we provide a review of some progress in the field of one-dimensional inorganic nanowires, including the syntheses, structures, properties and applications of nanowires and nanowire arrays of Si, ZnO, metals, heterojunctions, etc. materials.
You have access to this article
Please wait while we load your content...
Something went wrong. Try again?