Magnetic nanobraids of iron-doped amorphous silica

• Main Authors: Yu, M. B., Xiong, Y. Z., Chen, J. S., Xu, Chunxiang, Sun, Xiaowei, Dong, Zhili
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Magnetic materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93777; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6889
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using silicon, iron oxide, and graphite powders as source materials, braid-like nanostructures of iron-doped amorphous silica were fabricated by vapor-phase transport. Each braid was composed of a bunch of entangled nanowires with uniform size. The formation of the nanobraids was mainly due to simul...