Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 40, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/40/405603
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- NSF/NNIN through the use of their facilities at Harvard University's Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS)
- US Department of Homeland Security Graduate Research Fellowship
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We present a general approach to growing ZnO nanowires on arbitrary, high melting point (above 970 degrees C) substrates using the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth mechanism. Our approach utilizes the melting point reduction of sufficiently small (5 nm diameter) Au particles to provide a liquid catalyst without substrate interaction. Using this size-dependent melting effect, we demonstrate catalytic VLS growth of ZnO nanowires on both Ti and Mo foil substrates with aspect ratios in excess of 1000:1. Transmission electron microscopy shows the nanowires to be single-crystalline, and photoluminescence spectra show high-quality optical properties. We believe this growth technique to be widely applicable to a variety of substrates and material systems.
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