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Highly textured Ni nanowire arrays were fabricated into anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates by pulse DC electrodeposition. The applied voltage and pH value of electrolytes were found strongly affecting the microstructure and magnetic properties of Ni nanowire arrays. Low applied potential and pH value both prefer to form polycrystalline fcc Ni nanowires. Increasing the applied potential or pH value favors the Ni [220] texture and even eventually forms the [220] oriented single crystal Ni wires, while exorbitant potential and pH value will conversely weaken the texture of nanowires. The magnetic properties of Ni wires are closely related to the microstructure of Ni nanowire arrays and large coercivities more than 1000 Oe were achieved at single crystalline Ni nanowire arrays. The mechanisms for the effect of applied potential and pH value on the grain size, texture and magnetic properties of Ni nanowire arrays have been discussed.
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Zhang, J., Jin, Y., Wang, H. et al. Growth and magnetic properties of single crystalline Ni nanowire arrays prepared by pulse DC electrodeposition. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 54, 1244–1248 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-011-4360-7
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