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Fabrication and characterization of novel bicrystalline ZnO nanowires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Huizhao Zhuang ,
Dexiao Wang ,
Jiabing Shen ,
Chengshan Xue ,
Xiaokai Zhang  and
Hang Liu
Huizhao Zhuang*
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductors, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People's Republic of China
Hang Liu
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductors, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People's Republic of China
*
a) Address all correspondence this author. e-mail: zhuanghuizhao@sdnu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Two types of novel bicrystalline ZnO nanowires have been synthesized by a thermal evaporation method. The morphology and microstructure of the nanowires have been extensively investigated. One type of the nanowires has agg twin boundary extending down its entire length with twinning plane and the zone axis. The other type is those nanowires with twin crystal-single crystal junction. The twin defects in the Sn-Zn alloy droplets in the initial growth process are proposed for interpreting the growth of these two kinds of bicrystalline nanowires.

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Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (chemical reaction)Crystal growthII-VI
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 24 , Issue 8 , August 2009 , pp. 2536 - 2540
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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