title: Room-temperature nonequilibrium growth of controllable ZnO nanorod arrays.
abstract: In this study, controllable ZnO nanorod arrays were successfully synthesized on Si substrate at room temperature (approx. 25°C). The formation of controllable ZnO nanorod arrays has been investigated using growth media with different concentrations and molar ratios of Zn(NO3)2 to NaOH. Under such a nonequilibrium growth condition, the density and dimension of ZnO nanorod arrays were successfully adjusted through controlling the supersaturation degree, i.e., volume of growth medium. It was found that the wettability and electrowetting behaviors of ZnO nanorod arrays could be tuned through variations of nanorods density and length. Moreover, its field emission property was also optimized by changing the nanorods density and dimension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China. wengwj@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Wenjian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Chenlu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Piyi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Gaorong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Han