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Chin. Phys. B, 2008, Vol. 17(6): 2184-2190    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/6/041
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Synthesis and characterization of axially periodic Zn2SnO4 dendritic nanostructures

Shen Jun(沈俊)a)b), Ge Bing-Hui(葛炳辉)a)b), Chu Wei-Guo(褚卫国)c), Luo Shu-Dong(罗述东)a)b), Zhang Zeng-Xing(张增星)a)b), Liu Dong-Fang(刘东方)a)b), Liu Li-Feng(刘利峰)a)b), Ma Wen-Jun(马文君)a)b), Ren Yan(任彦)a)b), Xiang Yan-Juan(向彦娟)a)b), Wang Chao-Ying(王超英)a), Wang Gang(王刚)a), and Zhou Wei-Ya(周维亚)a)†
a Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; c National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Beijing 100190, China
Abstract  Zn2SnO4 (ZTO) nanowires with a unique dendritic nanostructure were synthesized via a simple one-step thermal evaporation and condensation process. The morphology and microstructure of the ZTO nanodendrite have been investigated by means of field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). SEM observation revealed the formation of branched nanostructures and showed that each branch exhibited a unique periodic structure formed by a row of overlaid rhombohedra of ZTO nanocrystals along the axis of the nanobranch. HRTEM studies displayed that the branches grew homoepitaxially as single-crystalline nanowires from the ZTO nanowire backbone. A possible growth model of the branched ZTO nanowires is discussed. To successfully prepare branched structures would provide an opportunity for both fundamental research and practical applications, such as three-dimensional nanoelectronics, and opto-electronic nanodevices.
Keywords:  Zn2SnO4      epitaxial growth      dendrite      photoluminescence  
Received:  04 December 2007      Revised:  04 January 2008      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  81.16.-c (Methods of micro- and nanofabrication and processing)  
  68.37.Hk (Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC))  
  68.37.Lp (Transmission electron microscopy (TEM))  
  68.65.-k (Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, nanoscale and other related systems: structure and nonelectronic properties)  
  78.55.Hx (Other solid inorganic materials)  
  81.07.Bc (Nanocrystalline materials)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10334060 and 90406022) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2005CB623602).

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Shen Jun(沈俊), Ge Bing-Hui(葛炳辉), Chu Wei-Guo(褚卫国), Luo Shu-Dong(罗述东), Zhang Zeng-Xing(张增星), Liu Dong-Fang(刘东方), Liu Li-Feng(刘利峰), Ma Wen-Jun(马文君), Ren Yan(任彦), Xiang Yan-Juan(向彦娟), Wang Chao-Ying(王超英), Wang Gang(王刚), and Zhou Wei-Ya(周维亚) Synthesis and characterization of axially periodic Zn2SnO4 dendritic nanostructures 2008 Chin. Phys. B 17 2184

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