Growth of Single‐Crystal Indium Nitride Nanotubes and Nanowires by a Controlled‐Carbonitridation Reaction Route

Abstract

Single-crystal InN nanotubes and nanowires with a strong photoluminescence emission at 640 nm have been synthesized via a controlled-carbonitridation thermal chemical route. Formation of the nanotubes and nanowires proceeds by a kinetically limited growth process via a vapor–solid (VS) mechanism, and does not require a template to form single-layer nanostructures.