title: Anisotropic growth and formation mechanism investigation of 1D ZnO nanorods in spin-coating sol-gel process.
abstract: ZnO nanorods are fabricated on glass substrate by spin-coating sol-gel process using non-basic aged solution and annealing. Sample solutions reserved in room temperature for different time (one day, one month, two months and four months) are prepared for the experiment. The morphology study indicates that the aging time has direct influence on the final products. This is verified by the Transmission Electron Microscopy and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy study. Small crystalline nanoparticles would gradually nucleate and aggregate in the sol during the aging process. They act as nucleation site for the secondary crystal growth into nanorods during anneal. Both the size of crystalline particles in the sol and the size of nanorods will grow bigger as the aging time increases. The products' structure and optical property are further studied by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, Photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy. This work also helps to further clarify the formation mechanism of ZnO nanorods by solution-based method.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Condensed Matter Spectroscopy and Opto-Electronic Physics, Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yijian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Maojun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Wenzhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shen