Abstract
Beside longitudinal growth along the length, we show that ZnO nanorods also exhibit transverse growth, which is responsible for the formation of interpenetrative nanorods. The longitudinal growth is lead by the catalytically active Zn-terminated (0001) surface, while the oxygen-terminated (0001̄) surface is catalytically inactive, resulting in the formation of 'pencil' or 'bullet' shaped nanostructures.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 741-745 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Solid State Communications |
Volume | 134 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Thanks to the financial support from the US NSF NIRT ECS-0210332. Thanks to Daniel Moore for calibrating the furnace and Prof J. M. Zuo for providing the simulation program for CBED.
Keywords
- A. Nanorods
- A. Nanowires