title: Preparation and characterization of silica-coated ZnSe nanowires with thermal stability and photoluminescence.
abstract: Silica-coated ZnSe nanowires with well-controlled the thickness of sheath in the range of 10-60 nm have been synthesized through a simple sol-gel process. The thickness of silica coating could be controlled through altering reaction parameters such as volume ratio of TEOS and ammonia. XRD, high-resolution TEM, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectra, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were used to characterize the core/sheath nanostructures. Room-temperature PL measurements indicate these silica-coated ZnSe nanowires remarkably improve the PL intensity. Meanwhile, the thermal stability has been enhanced greatly, which is useful for their potential applications in advanced semiconductor devices.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Shenglin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Baojuan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Weizhi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongyang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shuyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yitai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qian