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Effect of atmosphere on growth of single crystal zinc oxide nanowires

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Single crystal zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires were prepared by using enhanced two-step vapor–liquid–solid (VLS) growth mechanism. The experimental results indicate that the growth rate and morphologies of the nanowires depends on the carrier gas ambient during the thermal reaction process. The ZnO nanowire grown with N2, not only has the smaller diameter of about ∼30 nm but also exhibits a higher growth rate and larger number of density of nanowires per unit area than those grown with Ar. The photoluminescence measurements show that the ZnO nanowires grown with N2 have a stronger ultraviolet emission than those grown with Ar.

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  1. Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30049, Taiwan, ROC

    Pang Lin

  2. Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30050, Taiwan, ROC

    Tseung Yuen Tseng

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Li, S.Y., Lin, P., Lee, C.Y. et al. Effect of atmosphere on growth of single crystal zinc oxide nanowires. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 15, 505–510 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JMSE.0000032584.87349.22

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