Chien-Lin Kuo et al 2008 Nanotechnology 19 035605 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/19/03/035605
Chien-Lin Kuo1, Ruey-Chi Wang2, Chuan-Pu Liu1,3 and Jow-Lay Huang1
Show affiliationsArrays of single-crystalline Al doped ZnO rectangular nanorods were synthesized and nucleated from single-crystalline ZnO nanosheets by thermal chemical vapor deposition. The rectangular nanorods were grown from the periodic thicker regions of the nanosheets, associated with Al concentration fluctuation and evidenced from electron energy loss spectroscopy. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy also shows variations in the lattice constant and dislocations at the interface due to lattice strain. The composition modulation induced by doping may serve as a driving force for creating interesting nanostructures with tunable properties.
81.16.Be Chemical synthesis methods
68.49.Jk Electron scattering from surfaces
68.37.Lp Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
81.15.Gh Chemical vapor deposition (including plasma-enhanced CVD, MOCVD, etc.)
Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Issue 3 (23 January 2008)
Received 15 August 2007, in final form 1 November 2007
Published 11 December 2007
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