Effect of surface energy and seed layer annealing temperature on ZnO seed layer formation and ZnO nanowire growth

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 362, Issue , 2016, Pages 132-139

  Park, Ji Sub ^a   Mahmud, Imtiaz ^a   Shin, Han Jae ^a,b   Park, Min Kyu ^a   Ranjkesh, Amid ^a   Lee, Do Kyung ^c   Kim, Hak Rin ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Research Institute (GERI)   (South Korea)

^c Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Annealing temperature; Hydrothermal growth; Surface energy; ZnO nanowire; ZnO seed layer

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL BONDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NANOWIRES; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; COVERAGE DENSITIES; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; ULTRAVIOLET-OZONE; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO SEED LAYERS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84959483288     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.11.193     Document Type: Article

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