... Super-Diamond and Advanced Films,The City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ChinabDepartment of Biology and Chemistry, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ... Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 606 07, USAReceived 21 June 200 2; in final form 21 August 200 2AbstractUltrafine and uniform silicon nanowires (SiNWs), with a Si crystalline core of 1–5 nm ... ( 200 2) 22–26*Corresponding author. Fax: +852-27844696.E-mail addresses: apannale@cityu.edu.hk (S.T. Lee),boonkteo@uic.edu (B.K. Teo).1Also corresponding author. 00 09-2614 /02 /$ - see front...