Temperature and chemical bonding-directed self-assembly of cobalt phosphide nanowires in reaction solutions into vertical and horizontal alignments

Shuang-Yuan Zhang; Enyi Ye; Shuhua Liu; Suo Hon Lim; Si Yin Tee; Zhili Dong; Ming-Yong Han

doi:10.1002/adma.201201618

Temperature and chemical bonding-directed self-assembly of cobalt phosphide nanowires in reaction solutions into vertical and horizontal alignments

Adv Mater. 2012 Aug 22;24(32):4369-75. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201618. Epub 2012 Jul 16.

Authors

Shuang-Yuan Zhang¹, Enyi Ye, Shuhua Liu, Suo Hon Lim, Si Yin Tee, Zhili Dong, Ming-Yong Han

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research 3 Research Link, 117602, Singapore.

PMID: 22806698
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201618

Abstract

The preparation of vertically or horizontally aligned self-assemblies of CoP nanowires is demonstrated for the first time by aging them in the reaction solution for a sufficient time at 20 or 0 °C. This strategy opens up a way for exploring the controlled self-assembly of various highly anisotropic nanostructures into long-range ordered structures with collective properties.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cobalt / chemistry*
Nanostructures / chemistry
Nanowires / chemistry*
Organophosphorus Compounds / chemistry
Solutions / chemistry
Temperature

Substances

Organophosphorus Compounds
Solutions
Cobalt
trioctyl phosphine oxide