Shiva S Hullavarad and Nilima V Hullavarad 2008 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 025301 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/41/2/025301
Shiva S Hullavarad1 and Nilima V Hullavarad
Show affiliationsIn this study, we present the formation of silver (Ag) nanowires, nanoshells and nanorods by the thermal reduction of an aqueous silver nitrate solution on the surface of magnesium zinc oxide (MgxZn1−xO) multiphase alloy thin films. MgZnO thin films were grown by the pulsed laser deposition method. The Ag nanowires are characterized by scanning electron microscopy and selective area electron diffraction methods. The microstructure of Ag is found to depend on the crystalline nature and phase of the MgZnO thin films.
81.16.-c Methods of nanofabrication and processing
68.37.Hk Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC)
81.07.-b Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization
Issue 2 (21 January 2008)
Received 27 September 2007, in final form 21 November 2007
Published 21 December 2007
Shiva S Hullavarad and Nilima V Hullavarad 2008 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 025301
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