A novel facile synthesis and characterization of molybdenum nanowires.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Kovic, Andrej Znidarsic, Andrej Jesih, Adolf Mrzel, Ales Gaberscek, Miran Hassanien, Abdou
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	We describe a straightforward technique to synthesize pure Mo nanowires (NWs) from Mo6SyIz (8,2 15 nm) Mo NWs are highly porous, while small diameters (<7 nm) are made of solid nanocrystalline grains. We find NW of diameter 4 nm can carry up to 30 μA current without suffering structural degradation. Moreover, NWs can be elastically deformed over several cycles without signs of plastic deformation.
ISSN	19317573
Journal	Nanoscale Research Letters
Volume Number	7
PubMed Central reference number	PMC3496631
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	23061810
e-ISSN	1556276X
DOI	10.1186/1556-276x-7-567
Language	English
Publisher	Springer
Publisher Date	2012-10-13
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright ©2012 Kovic et al.; licensee Springer.
Subject Keyword	Mo nanowires Hydrogenation Gas phase reduction Noncatalytic synthesis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Materials Science