title: Effects of experimental conditions on the morphologies, structures and growth modes of pulsed laser-deposited CdS nanoneedles.
abstract: CdS nanoneedles with different morphologies, structures, and growth modes have been grown on Ni-coated Si(100) surface under different experimental conditions by pulsed laser deposition method. The effects of catalyst layer, substrate temperature, and laser pulse energy on the growth of the CdS nanoneedles were studied in detail. It was confirmed that the formation of the molten catalyst spheres is the key to the nucleation of the CdS nanoneedles by observing the morphologies of the Ni catalyst thin films annealed at different substrate temperatures. Both the substrate temperature and laser pulse energy strongly affected the growth modes of the CdS nanoneedles. The secondary growth of the smaller nanoneedles on the top of the main nanoneedles was found at appropriate conditions. A group of more completed pictures of the growth modes of the CdS nanoneedles were presented.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xujun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Leilei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jiada
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices, Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China. ningxu@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xu