Research Article

Direct Oxidation Growth of CuO Nanowires from Copper-Containing Substrates

Figure 1

Bright field TEM (a) and HRTEM (b) images of a nanowire grown from a high-purity Cu foil with the inset of (a) being a SAED pattern; (c) BF TEM image of a nanowire grown from a low-purity Cu gasket; and (d) HRTEM image of a nanowire (the inset) shows fringes that are not parallel to the nanowire axis.
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