Formation of a multi-arm branched nanorod of ZnO on the Si surface via a nanoseed-induced polytypic crystal growth using the hydrothermal method

Science of Advanced Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 803-809

  Tan, Sin Tee ^a   Umar, Akrajas Ali ^b   Yahaya, Muhammad ^a   Salleh, Muhamad Mat ^b   Yap, Chi Chin ^a   Nguyen, Hong Quan ^c   Dee, Chang Fu ^b   Chang, Edward Yi ^c   Oyama, Munetaka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched nanorod; Multipod branches; Orthorhombic Zn2SiO4 nanoseed; Polytypism; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880986147     PISSN: 19472935     EISSN: 19472943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sam.2013.1521     Document Type: Article

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