%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization and properties of micro- and nanowires of controlled size, composition, and geometry fabricated by electrodeposition and ion-track technology
%A Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares
%J Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.3762/bjnano.3.97
%X The combination of electrodeposition and polymeric templates created by heavy-ion irradiation followed by chemical track etching provides a large variety of poly- and single-crystalline nanowires of controlled size, geometry, composition, and surface morphology. Recent results obtained by our group on the fabrication, characterization and size-dependent properties of nanowires synthesized by this technique are reviewed, including investigations on electrical resistivity, surface plasmon resonances, and thermal instability.
%K electrodeposition
%K etched ion-track membrane
%K finite-size effects
%K heavy ion irradiation
%K nanowire
%K radiation-induced nanostructures
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.3.97