Carbon-assisted nucleation and vertical growth of high-quality ZnO nanowire arrays

We developed a carbon-assisted physical-vapor-deposition method for the growth of highly aligned ZnO nanowire arrays on any flat substrates in large area. Amorphous carbon (a-C) films acted as the preferential nucleation sites to facilitate the growth of high-quality ZnO nanowire array patterns. The...

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Main Authors: Chun Cheng, Tai Lun Wong, Wei Li, Chao Zhu, Shuigang Xu, Lin Wang, Kwok Kwong Fung, Ning Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2011-09-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3613643