Abstract
Crystallographically oriented yet morphologically squiggly nanoscale ZnO architecture was produced through epitaxial growth by using a simple aqueous solution system. Specific adsorption of pyranine, an organic dye molecule having three sulfonic groups, suppressed regular growth in the c direction, and thus induced lateral growth of winding ZnO nanowires with diameters ranging from 20 to 100 nm on a single-crystalline ZnO (001) substrate. Although resultant wool-like structures consisted of tangled wires, the crystalline lattice of the whole architecture was found to be continuous and have six-fold symmetry originating from the single-crystalline substrate.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 255-257 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan |
Volume | 117 |
Issue number | 1363 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 Mar |
Keywords
- Aqueous solution
- Crystal growth
- Epitaxial growth
- Nanostructures
- Nanowires
- Zinc oxide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- Chemistry(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry