Wong, T. C.Li, C. P.Zhang, R. Q.Lee, S. T.2015-11-032015-11-030003-6951http://hdl.handle.net/1885/16252We report a simple method for producing goldnanowires (AuNWs) by using siliconnanowires (SiNWs) as templates. Uniform AuNWs were formed in the core of SiNWs, when SiNWs coated with Au were furnaceannealed at ∼880 °C at 10⁻² Torr.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM) examination showed the AuNWs had diameters of ∼10 nm. High-resolution TEM revealed lattice fringes with an interlayer spacing of 0.235 nm, which corresponds to the spacing in Au crystal, confirming the AuNWs are crystalline.The work described in this letter is supported by two grants from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR, China ~Project No. 8730016, e.g., CityU 3/01C; Project No. 9040633, e.g., CityU 1011/01P!, and by a grant from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0003-6951..."Publishers version/PDF may be used on author's personal website, institutional website or institutional repository" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 3/11/15). Copyright 2004 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.16411792004-01-1910.1063/1.1641179