Quantifying mean inner potential of ZnO nanowires by off-axis electron holography.
Off-axis electron holography has been used to quantitatively determine the mean inner potential of ZnO. [0001] grown ZnO nanowires with hexagonal cross-sections were chosen as our samples because the angle between the adjacent surfaces is 120°, as confirmed by electron tomography, so the entire geometry of the nanowire could be precisely determined. The acceleration voltage of the transmission electron microscope was accurately calibrated by convergent beam electron diffraction (CBED)-higher-order Laue-zone (HOLZ) analyses. ZnO nanowires were tilted away from zone-axis to avoid strong dynamical diffraction effect, and the tilting angles were determined by CBED patterns. Our experimental data found a mean inner potential of ZnO as 14.30±0.28 V.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, United States. Electronic address: yong.ding@mse.gatech.edu.
Yong
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Ding
Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, United States.
Yuzi
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Liu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, United States.
Ken C
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Pradel
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
Yoshio
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Bando
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
Naoki
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Fukata
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, United States.
Zhong Lin
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Wang
Convergent beam electron diffraction; Mean inner potential; Off-axis electron holography; ZnO