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Characterization of spatial manipulation on ZnO nanocomposites consisting of Au nanoparticles, a graphene layer, and ZnO nanorods

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Three types of ZnO-based nanocomposites were fabricated consisting of 80-nm Au nanoparticles (NPs), a graphene layer, and ZnO nanorods (NRs). To investigate interactions between the ZnO NRs and Au nanoparticle, multiple material analysis techniques including field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), surface contact angle measurements, secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman spectroscopic characterizations were performed. Results indicate that incorporating a graphene layer could block the interaction between the ZnO NRs and the Au NPs. Furthermore, the Raman signal of the Au NPs could be enhanced by inserting a graphene layer on top of the ZnO NRs. Investigation of these graphene-incorporated nanocomposites would be helpful to future studies of the physical properties and Raman analysis of the ZnO-based nanostructure design.

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This work has been supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology in TAIWAN under contract numbers MOST 104-2221-E-009-096-MY3, MOST 104-2923-E-009-003-MY3, MOST 104-2221-E-260-002-MY3, MOST 105-2221-E-009-072 and MOST 106-2221-E-009-112-MY3. This work has also been supported by the R&D Piloting Cooperation Projects between Industries and Academia at the Hsinchu Science Park in TAIWAN under Grant number 105A04.

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    Shen-Che Huang, Shing-Chung Wang & Tien-Chang Lu

  2. Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, 1 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Puli, Nantou, 54561, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Chien-Cheng Lu, Wei-Ming Su, Chen-Yuan Weng, Yi-Cian Chen, Ching-Pang Chen & Hsiang Chen

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Huang, SC., Lu, CC., Su, WM. et al. Characterization of spatial manipulation on ZnO nanocomposites consisting of Au nanoparticles, a graphene layer, and ZnO nanorods. Appl. Phys. A 124, 69 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1477-1

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