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Chemical solution route to synthesize claw-like ZnO nanorod array and its optical properties

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By using a low-cost and facile hydrothermal method, a peculiar claw-like ZnO nanorod array is successfully synthesized. The hydrothermal growth is done in an aqueous solution with equimolar zinc acetate (ZAc, Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O) and hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA, C6H12N4). The obtained ZnO nanorod array is characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results indicate that the nanorods are high-quality monocrystals. The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum is performed to investigate the optical properties of this product.

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  1. Faculty of Basic Medicine, Shangqiu Medical College, Shangqiu, 476100, China

    Ling-wei Hu  (胡灵卫), Hua Tian  (田华) & Yu-xia Zhang  (张玉霞)

  2. College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, 466000, China

    Chun-hong Hu  (胡春红)

  3. School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, China

    Ai-hua Jing  (景爱华)

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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81071230).

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Hu, Lw., Hu, Ch., Tian, H. et al. Chemical solution route to synthesize claw-like ZnO nanorod array and its optical properties. Optoelectron. Lett. 10, 81–83 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-014-3212-x

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