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Controlled growth of zinc nanowires

journal contribution
posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by Y Chen, B Chi, H Zhang, Hua Chen, Ying (Ian) ChenYing (Ian) Chen
Zinc nanowires have been synthesized by heating a mixture of boron and zinc oxide (ZnO) powders at 1050 °C under a nitrogen atmosphere. The influences of the gas flow rate and the substrate character on the nanowire formation were investigated. It was found that higher-flow rate of gas led to the formation of thinner nanowires; while lower-flow rate of gas produced thicker nanowires and even particles due to the higher partial pressure of Zn vapor in this case. Zn nanowires can be produced on alumina and quartz substrates, but not on a stainless-steel substrate under the same or different synthetic conditions. Photoluminescence measurements were conducted on Zn nanowires and particles and weak emission bands at 482 and 493 nm were observed, which may be contributed by the thin ZnO film on the nanowire surface.

History

Journal

Materials letters

Volume

61

Issue

1

Pagination

144 - 147

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

0167-577X

eISSN

1873-4979

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2006, Elsevier B.V.