Lithium fluoride nanowires via vapor-liquid-solid growth

摘要

Lithium fluoride (LiF) nanowires with diameter of 100 nm-500 nm and length of tens of microns were synthesized via vapor-liquid-solid growth. Cubic-structured single-crystalline LiF nanowires grew along the < 001 > and < 110 > crystallographic directions, respectively. The growth of the LiF nanowires was proposed by the catalysis of Zn droplets decomposed from the ZnO. The LiF nanowire could be a potential candidate for the room-temperature tunable color center nanolaser.