Optimizing the growth of coatings on nanowire catalysts

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research)

Scientists from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials – a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory – have come up with a technique for optimizing the activity of zinc oxide nanowires. Their technique involves chemically treating the surface of the nanowires in such a way that they can be uniformly coated with an ultrathin film of titanium dioxide, which acts as both a catalyst and protective layer.