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.
Boyle
David S
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Manchester Materials Science Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.
Govender
Kuveshni
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O'Brien
Paul
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