aDepartment of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
bDepartment of Materials Science, The College of Anhui Architecture, Hefei, P.R. China
Abstract:
We report the synthesis and characterization of multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) nanowires. The perovskite BFO nanowires with diameters about 60 nm and lengths about 10 μm were fabricated by means of the sol-gel method utilizing nanochannel alumina templates with post annealing at 700 °C. The microstructure of the BFO nanowires was investigated by means of x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, and the ferroelectric characteristic of BFO nanowires were demonstrated.