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Large-area highly oriented SiC nanowire arrays have been fabricated by chemical vapor reaction using an
ordered nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template and a graphite reaction cell. Their microstructures
were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction
and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The results show that the nanowires are single-crystalline
β-SiC’s with diameters of about 30-60 nm and lengths of about 8 µm, which are parallel to each other,
uniformly distributed, highly oriented, and in agreement with the nanopore diameter of the applied AAO
template. The nanowire axes lie along the [111] direction and possess a high density of planar defects. Some
unique optical properties are found in the Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence emission from oriented
SiC nanowire arrays, which are different from previous observations of SiC materials. The growth mechanism
of oriented SiC nanowire arrays is also analyzed and discussed.
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