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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 21, Issue 41, Pages 16505-16509Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1jm12460a
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Alberta Science and Research Investment Program (ASRIP)
- University of Alberta Department of Chemistry
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Porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes are well-established templates used for the fabrication of one-dimensional nanostructures. Herein, we report a straightforward synthesis of one-dimensional germanium nanostructures via templated reductive thermal processing of a GeO2-like sol-gel derived precursor. This method affords polycrystalline Ge nanowires (Ge-NWs) without employing any catalyst or seed. Furthermore, the Ge-NW dimensions may be tuned by changing the pore sizes of the templates and the heat processing time. The Ge-NWs are readily liberated from AAO templates by dissolution in 15% H3PO4 solution.
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