In this paper, we demonstrate a novel and direct synthesis of hexagonal-shaped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods at very low temperature of ~ 80C simply by using metallic zinc foil and de-ionized (DI) water with few drops of ethanol. The formation of ZnO structures by the reaction of metals with DI water is suggested to occur due to the oxidation of metallic zinc in presence of water. The synthesized Z...

ZnO can be made into many nanostructures that have unique properties for advanced applications. This Letter reports a process to synthesize ZnO nanorods in a counterflow diffusion flame reactor. Unlike the previous work on flame syntheses, our work shows that pure ZnO nanorods can be made in a freestanding form. It was demonstrated that ZnO nanorods with different aspect ratios can be obtained ...

Hydroxyl free zinc oxide nanorods have been synthesized by a catalyst free surfactant based one-step solid state reaction process. The powder X-ray diffraction studies reveal well defined wurtzite peaks due to crystalline ZnO, while optical absorption spectra represent prominent exciton absorption and remarkable blueshift in the onset of absorption. As predicted by transmission electron microsc...

in this study, a novel method called “atmospheric pressure solution evaporation (apse)” wasdeveloped for growing of zinc oxide (zno) nanostructures on al2o3 surface. zinc acetate dihydrate,polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and deionized water were used as precursor, capping, and solvent, respectively.the growth of zno nanostructures from evaporated solution was performed at three temperatures of300, 400, ...

By thermal evaporation of pure ZnO powders, high-density vertical-aligned ZnO nanorod arrays with diameter ranged in 80–250 nm were successfully synthesized on Si substrates covered with ZnO seed layers. It was revealed that the morphology, orientation, crystal, and optical quality of the ZnO nanorod arrays highly depend on the crystal quality of ZnO seed layers, which was confirmed by the char...

Synthesis of ultrathin ZnO nanowires gains great attention from research community because of their large potential in applications involving optoelectronics and sensors. In this study, a lowpressure and low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of ultrathin ZnO nanowires is studied to understand the growth mechanisms better. To achieve this aim, an about 10 nm thin Zn seed layer was sputter-depos...

O Kand Zn and Au L3-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure XANES , x-ray emission spectroscopy XES , and scanning photoelectron microscopy SPEM are performed to investigate the electronic structure of ZnO nanorods with nanocrystalline nc -Au particles grown on the surfaces. The XANES spectra of nc-Au/ZnO nanorods reveal the decrease of the number of both O 2p and Zn 4s /3d unoccupied states ...

One-dimensional single crystal incorporating functional nanoparticles of other materials could be an interesting platform for various applications. We studied the encapsulation of nanoparticles into single-crystal ZnO nanorods by exploiting the crystal growth of ZnO in aqueous solution. Two types of nanodiamonds with mean diameters of 10 nm and 40 nm, respectively, and polymer nanobeads with si...

In this paper, the performance of a zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod-based enzymatic glucose sensor was enhanced with silver (Ag)-doped ZnO (ZnO-Ag) nanorods. The effect of the doped Ag on the surface morphologies, wettability, and electron transfer capability of the ZnO-Ag nanorods, as well as the catalytic character of glucose oxidase (GOx) and the performance of the glucose sensor was investigated. ...

Various methods to grow high quality and perfectly arranged ZnO nanorods have been reported over the recent years (see, e.g., [1, 2] and references therein). However, due to the material properties of ZnO and its related compounds, there are many restrictions in designing more complex heterostructures or even devices based on such nanorods. In particular p-type doping of ZnO is still a big, yet...