SUBMITTED TO Dr.A.VADIVEL MURUGAN BY S.PREETHI st YEAR M.

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TEMPLATE TYPES
POSITIVE TEMPLATE METHOD NEGATIVE TEMPLATE METHOD SURFACE STEP-EDGE TEMPLATE METHOD

REFERENCES

WHAT IS TEMPLATE?

Positive

Negative

 Carbon nanotubes ,DNA are as templates

Nanowires are formed on outer surface. By removing the template after

deposition,nanowires and nanotubes are formed.

 Small diameter (2nm) Coiled DNA stretched by molecular combing,

hydrodynamic stretching,electrophoretic stretching Stretching force should be smaller than the force required to break the covalent bonds. Ritcher et al. reported a two-step electroless deposition process to fabricate Pd nanowires using DNA as templates.

 Depositing metals inside the nanopores . Nanowires with predetermined diameter

can be formed. Alumina membranes,polycarbonate membranes,mica sheets,diblock polymer materials.

Works based on the coulomb explosion

phenomenon. When a heavy charged particle passes through certain materials ,it leaves a track of radiation damage. This track is etched with suitable solvent,resulting in fine cylindrical pores. The diameter of the pore is controlled by the etching time, temperature and etchant concentration. The pore density is low and hence the yield of nanowires is limited

 A preannealed, electropolished aluminium foil is

placed in a chemical acid bath under a direct current which develops a self assembled pore structure. An oxide film is formed at the anode(Al sheet). As anodization proceeds the growing oxide layer is dissolved by the acid leading to the formation of pores. Pore diameter and pore spacing are linearly proportional to the applied potential. High pore density.

Anodic porous alumina template

 It is also called as step edge decoration.

Electro deposition on a single crystal surface starts

selectively at defect sites, such as surface step edges. Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite(HOPG) is used as template. Molybdenum nanowires are obtained by electro depositing MoOx on HOPG and then reducing it to form Mo nanowires in the presence of H2.
The nanowires were lifted off the HOPG surface by

embedding in a polystrene film.

Surface step-edge template method

 Inorganic Nanowires, Application, Properties and

Characterisation, M.Meyyappan and Mahendra K.Sunkara , CRC press, 2005 Nano fabrication Principles , Capabilities and Limits , Springer , New York, 2008