TEM STUDY OF ELECTRODEPOSITED NI CU MULTILAYERS IN THE FORM OF NANOWIRES/

Ni/Cu multilayers were electrodeposited within nanopores of polycarbon ate membranes. Morphology of the obtained nanowires, which are 60 simi lar to 80 nm in diameter and similar to 5 mu m in length, has been stu died by transmission electron microscopy. It has been observed that th e thickness of Ni/Cu layers increases as the nanowire is growing; Ni l ayers and Cu layers grow epitaxially and the multilayers have a prefer red growth direction [111] parallel to the wire axis.