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Effect of gas flow rate on structural properties of zinc oxide nanowires grown by vapor-solid mechanism

Sakrani, Samsudi and Jamaludin, Naziha and Muhammad, Rosnita and Wahab, Yussof and Ismail, Abd. Khamim and Suhaimi, Syahida and Mohammed, Yasir Hussein (2015) Effect of gas flow rate on structural properties of zinc oxide nanowires grown by vapor-solid mechanism. In: International Conference on Nano-Electronic Technology Devices and Materials 2015, IC-NET 2015, 27 Feb - 2 Mac, 2015, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4948858

Abstract

ZnO nanowires have been grown on pre-coated (ZnO thin film) silicon (100) substrates with special attention on the effect of gas flow rate. The samples were fabricated using a simple thermal evaporation method within a horizontal quartz tube under controlled supply of Ar and O2 gas where ZnO powder source were previously weighed and heated at 960 °C for 2 h, allowing the reactant vapors to deposit onto substrate to form the nanowires. FESEM images revealed the randomly-oriented nanowires in which the shapes varied with increasing gas flow rates from varied from 90 to 130 sccm. According, both diameter and aspect ratio of the nanowires was observed to shift at 110 sccm where optimum growth condition was expected at this gas flow rate. From EDX spectrum analysis, ZnO nanowires appeared to have uniform composition and purity and confirming the hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure. These measured parameters in combination with unique properties made the possibility of ZnO nanowires potentially useful for functional nanodevices.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:RADIS System Ref No:PB/2016/05586
Uncontrolled Keywords:gas flow rates, nanowires
Subjects:Q Science
Divisions:Science
ID Code:67008
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:19 Jul 2017 06:33
Last Modified:27 Jul 2017 02:39

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