page_title: Silicon nanotube
hierarchical_section_title: Silicon nanotube
caption_attribution_description: TEM image of Si nanotube (top) created by partial etching of Si/ZnO nanowire (bottom)
context_page_description: Silicon nanotubes are nanoparticles which create a tube-like structure from silicon atoms. As with silicon nanowires, they are technologically important due to their unusual physical properties, which differ fundamentally to those of bulk silicon. First reports on silicon nanotubes appeared around the year 2000.
context_section_description: Silicon nanotubes are nanoparticles which create a tube-like structure from silicon atoms. As with silicon nanowires, they are technologically important due to their unusual physical properties, which differ fundamentally to those of bulk silicon. First reports on silicon nanotubes appeared around the year 2000.
caption: Si nanotube (top) created by partial etching of Si-covered ZnO nanowire (bottom).[1]
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