Rapid ZnO nanopillar array growth by microwave assisted heating

Jimmy Yao; Yun-Ching Chang; Hao Mei; Jiping Cheng; Stuart (Shizhuo) Yin; Claire Luo

doi:10.1117/12.862238

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18 August 2010 Rapid ZnO nanopillar array growth by microwave assisted heating

Jimmy Yao, Yun-Ching Chang, Hao Mei, Jiping Cheng, Stuart (Shizhuo) Yin, Claire Luo

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Proceedings Volume 7781, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications IV; 778116 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862238
Event: SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

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Zinc oxide (ZnO) nano-wires have draw people's attention in recent studies. The unique structural and physical properties offer fascinating potential for future technological applications. The state-of-the-art fabrication process of ZnO nano-wires is based on vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) method. In this paper, the microwave assisted heating technique is introduced for the growth of ZnO nanopillar arrays. The microwave grown ZnO nanowires were characterized by fieldemission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. It was demonstrated that (001) oriented single crystal ZnO nanowires can be grown vertically and uniformly on a-plane sapphire wafers.

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Jimmy Yao, Yun-Ching Chang, Hao Mei, Jiping Cheng, Stuart (Shizhuo) Yin, and Claire Luo "Rapid ZnO nanopillar array growth by microwave assisted heating", Proc. SPIE 7781, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications IV, 778116 (18 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862238

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