title: Transmission electron microscopy study of pseudoperiodically twinned Zn2SnO4 nanowires.
abstract: The ternary oxide functional nanomaterial Zn2SnO4 has been synthesized by the thermal evaporation method. The products in general contain numerous kinds of nanowires. In the present work, a remarkable type of Zn2SnO4 nanowires with a pseudoperiodical twinning structure has been investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These nanowires with a diameter of about 100 nm grow along the 111 direction. High-resolution TEM examinations suggest that a large fraction of the (111) twin boundaries are extended to a thickness of a few nanometers. The twining plane for the perfect case is localized on the Zn atom layer.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Hanyuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianxiong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongchun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Huaixin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Sishen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jianqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li