Novel low temperature solution deposition of perpendicularly orientated rods of ZnO: substrate effects and evidence of the importance of counter-ions in the control of crystallite growth.
Perpendicularly orientated ZnO rods have been grown on thin ZnO templates, from aqueous solutions of zinc acetate and hexamethylenetetraamine (HMT); growth along the c-axis of the ZnO crystallites is promoted by the presence of acetate in the bath.
Manchester Materials Science Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.
David S
DS
Boyle
Kuveshni
K
Govender
Paul
P
O'Brien