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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
In this work, the evolution of the Au assisted-growth of ZnO nanorods deposited by vapour phase deposition both on sapphire and on indium–tin–oxide on glass (ITO-glass) substrates has been studied. Our investigation demonstrates that the growth proceeds first as a 3D growth, giving rise to a buffer layer, few microns thick, formed by ZnO grains with different orientation. Then a 1D transition occurs with the nucleation of a dense array of vertically aligned nanorods. A different degree of crystalline order and nanorods alignment was found between the samples grown on ITO-glass and sapphire substrates, which was ascribed to the different morphology that the Au seed layer acquires on the two different substrates. A semi-quantitative analysis of the ZnO crystalline orientation was carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements performed at fixed incidence configuration and supported by high resolution …
Publisher: 
Elsevier
Publication date: 
15 Sep 2010
Authors: 

A Taurino, M Catalano, A Cretì, M Lomascolo, C Martucci, F Quaranta

Biblio References: 
Volume: 172 Issue: 3 Pages: 225-230
Origin: 
Materials Science and Engineering: B