A three-dimensional, biaxially textured oxide nanofence composed ofMgO single crystal nanobelt segments

A unique, three-dimensional (3D), biaxially textured, MgO, nanofence comprised of single crystal MgO nanobelt segments or links was synthesized via epitaxial growth on (l00) SrTio3 substrates. Individual single crystal MgO nanobelt segments comprising the nanofence have asquare cross-section with dimensions in the range of 10-20 nm and with lengths in the range from 100 nm up to 1(Mu)m. X-ray diffraction shows that the 3D MgO nanofence has an epitaxial relation with (100) SrTio3 substrates with a cube-on-cube, (100)(100) orientation and withvalues of the full width at half-maximum of the (200) (Phi)-scan and the (110) (Phi)-scan at 4.5 and 5.5 , respectively. Such a biaxially textured oxide nanofence with single crystal segments can be used as a 3D nanotemplated substrate for epitaxial growth of wide-ranging, 3D, electronic, magnetic and electromagnetic nanodevices.