Synthesis of uniform CoTe and NiTe semiconductor nanocluster wires through a novel coreduction method.

A novel coreduction method was developed to synthesize uniform one-dimensional CoTe and NiTe nanocluster wires. In the synthesis, soluble Na(2)TeO(3) was used to supply a highly reactive Te source and N(2)H(4).H(2)O was used both as reducing agent and as complexing agent. The as-prepared samples were characterized by XRD, TEM, and HRTEM. The probable formation mechanism of the nanowires is discussed.