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Zn2GeO4/SnO2 Nanowire Heterostructures Driven by Plateau–Rayleigh Instability

Herein, we report the formation of a particular core–shell structure, with a zinc germanate (Zn2GeO4) nanowire core and a discontinuous shell of SnO2 nanocrystals, obtained in a single-step process. We propose a growth model that combines the Plateau–Rayleigh mechanism to produce a pattern of amorphous germanium oxide (a-GeO2) particles along the Zn2GeO4 nanowire and the subsequent growth of well-faceted SnO2 crystals when the nanowire orientation meets good lattice matching conditions. In this latter case, the linear array of a-GeO2 particles acts as nucleation sites for the SnO2 crystallites, leading to a skewer-like morphology that retains the periodicity of the Plateau–Rayleigh process. Otherwise, nanowires with different orientations appear decorated with a pattern of a-GeO2 beads mimicking a necklace. Atomic resolution electron microscopy has been used to characterize the Zn2GeO4/SnO2 nanoheterostructures. In addition, optical confinement effects have been observed in the luminescence maps and spect...