Size-controlled, high optical quality ZnO nanowires grown using colloidal Au nanoparticles and ultra-small cluster catalysts

Size-controlled ZnO nanowires were grown by eclipse pulsed laser deposition using Au colloids and ultra-small (sub 2 nm) Au101 and Au9 clusters as catalysts, tethered to c-plane sapphire substrates using aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS). A strong correlation was observed between ZnO nanowire tip...

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Main Authors: M. F. Lynam, N.-J. Ke, S. J. Bradley, T. Nann, A. Neiman, R. J. Reeves, A. J. Downard, V. B. Golovko, M. W. Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2019-02-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5054355