Figure 7

(a) TEM image and (b) HRTEM image of a single CuO nanowire (CuO_MIE sample), (c) TEM image and (d) SAED pattern of a single CuO–ZnO core–shell nanowire (CuO–ZnO_MIE_2 sample), (e–h) EDX elemental mapping of a single CuO–ZnO core–shell nanowire (CuO–ZnO_MIE_2 sample) and of the Cu, Zn and O as its individual constituent elements.