Carbon nanocage structures formed by one-dimensional self-organization of gold nanoparticles

Abstract

Carbon nanocapsules and nanotubes have been formed by one-dimensional self-organization of gold nanoparticles, caused by the adhesive force at the step edge of amorphous carbon thin films; the present result is expected to be a promising fabrication technique for self-assembling nanowires and cluster-protected quantum dots at scales beyond the limits of current photolithography.

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