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Vertically Aligned Single Crystalline ZnO Nanorods Grown by Hydrothermal Synthesis and the Theoretical Model for Predicting the Rod Density

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Soo Jin Chua ,
Hong Quang LE ,
Chuan Beng TAY ,
Kian Ping LOH  and
Eugene Fitzgerald
Soo Jin Chua
Affiliation:
elecsj@nus.edu.sg, Singapore-MIT Alliance, NUS, E4-04-10, 4 Engineering Drive 3,, Singapore 117576, Singapore, 117576, Singapore, (65) 65164784, (65) 6779 7454
Hong Quang LE
Affiliation:
g0200711@nus.edu.sg, Singapore-MIT Alliance, E4-04-10, 4 Engineering Drive 3,, Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore
Chuan Beng TAY
Affiliation:
taycb@nus.edu.sg, National University of Singapore, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 3,, Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore
Kian Ping LOH
Affiliation:
chmlohkp@nus.edu.sg, National University of Singapore, Dept of Chemistry, 21 Lower Kent Ridge,, Singapore, Singapore, 117907, Singapore
Eugene Fitzgerald
Affiliation:
eafitz@mit.edu, MIT, Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
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Abstract

ZnO nanorods are grown by hydrothermal synthesis on a GaN substrate. The nanorods are charcterised by X-ray diffraction, photoluminescence and electron diffraction. A phenomenological model is proposed to predict the areal density and rod length.

Keywords

hydrothermalII-VInanostructure
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 957: Symposium K – Zinc Oxide and Related Materials , 2006 , 0957-K07-10
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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1. Le, H.Q, Chua, S.J, Koh, YW, Loh, KP, Chen, Z, Thompson, CV and Fitzgerald, EA, “Growth of single crystal ZnO nanorods on GaN using aqueous solution method”, Appl. Phys. Letts., vol. 87, p. 101908 (2005)Google Scholar
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