  Deposits of one-dimensional nanostructures of zinc with diameters of 90-120
nm have been obtained by means of sputtering in an Electron Cyclotron Resonance
(ECR) plasma reactor. The sputtering has been made effective by using a
negatively biased cylindrical target in a hollow cathode geometry. The
nanocrystalline films deposited on the glass substrate were studied with
scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and was found to consist of
nanowires having metallic nature. The crystalline nature of these metallic
nanowires was studied with x-ray diffraction analysis.
