Issue 3, 2009
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Novel semiconducting nanowire heterostructures: synthesis, properties and applications

Junqing Hu,*a   Yoshio Bandob  and  Dmitri Golbergb  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, P. R. China
E-mail: hu.junqing@dhu.edu.cn
Fax: +86-21-67792855
Tel: +86-21-67792947

b World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Abstract

Semiconducting nanowire heterostructures with well-controlled dimensions, compositions and crystallinities represent a new class of intriguing systems for the investigation of structure–property relationships and related applications. This feature article reviews our recent research progress in the design and utilization of templating methods for preparing axial (including nanotube shielded metal–semiconductor nanowire heterojunctions), radial (including side-to-side biaxial and sandwiched triaxial semiconductor nanowire heterostructures), and branched semiconducting (including self-assembly of semiconductor nanowires into hierarchical heterostructures) nanowire heterostructures with desired atomic structures, interfaces, morphologies, properties, and potential applications to meet the growing demands and specific requirements of new technologies.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808320G
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
16 May 2008
Accepted
08 Sep 2008
First published
15 Oct 2008

J. Mater. Chem., 2009,19, 330-343

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