Germanium-catalyzed growth of zinc oxide nanowires: A semiconductor catalyst for nanowire synthesis

Zheng Wei Pan, Sheng Dai, Christopher M. Rouleau, Douglas H. Lowndes

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Abstract

Green fields of nanowires: Germanium, a Group IV semiconductor, can act as an efficient catalyst for high-rate (up to 400 μmh-1) growth of very long (up to 200 μm), extremely straight, and quasi-aligned arrays of single-crystalline ZnO nanowires (see picture). The diameter of the Ge particles (0.5-4 μm) is about 5-15 times that of the associated nanowires (50-400 nm). The patterned growth of ZnO nanorods was achieved on photolithographically prepared Ge-dot patterns.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)274-278
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume44
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 27 2004

Keywords

  • Catalyst
  • Germanium
  • Nanostructures
  • Semiconductors

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