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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2011, Article ID 830157, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2011/830157 Research Article Diameter- and Shape-Controlled ZnS/Si Nanocables and Si Nanotubes for SERS and Photocatalytic Applications Xue Chen,1, 2, 3 Chun-Sing Lee,2 Xiangmin Meng,1 and Wenjun Zhang1, 2 1 Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 2 Department of Physics and Materials Science, Center Of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 3 Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China Correspondence should be addressed to Xiangmin Meng, xmmeng@ and Wenjun Zhang, apwjzh@.hk Received 21 December 2010; Accepted 26 April 2011 Academic Editor: Sherine Obare Copyright © 2011 Xue Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ZnS/Si nanocables were synthesized via a simple two-step thermal evaporation method. The shape and diameter of the ZnS/Si nanocables can be controlled by adjusting the morphologies of the ZnS nanostructures (nanowire or nanoribbon) obtained in the first step and the deposition time of the Si shell in the second step, respectively. Furthermore, we obtained polycrystalline Si nanotubes with different shapes and diameters by etching away the inner ZnS core. The as-prepared Si nanotubes were employed as SERS-active substrates, which exhibited a high sensitivity for the detection of R6G. The Si nanotubes also showed effective photocatalytic activity on the decomposition