“…24 Most of these syntheses involve gold nanocrystals act as catalysts to induce the growth of these 1D nanostructures, such as nanowires, nanobelts, and their heterostructures via a conventional vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism. 18,20,22,[24][25][26][27][28][29] Thereinto, GaP/ GaO x core-shell nanochains, as a special heterostructures, were fabricated by high temperature thermal evaporation of GaP and Ga powders, 16 or of GaN and phosphorus powders. 30 Their elec-trical transport properties have been confirmed to be different from those of the smooth GaP nanowires.…”