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Patterned ZnO nanowires

by on Jul.01, 2010, under SEM pictures

Keep growing ZnO nanowires by hydrothermal method. I pattern them using microcontact printing of the seeding solution

ZnO NW patterned using microprinting

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Controlled growth of ZnO nanowires using microcontact printing

by on May.25, 2010, under SEM pictures

I was posting some time ago about microcontact printing of seeding layer for controlled growth of the ZnO nanowires. Here we go. The first sample and I can see some lines of ZnO NW growing on the substrate.

ZnO NW patterned using microprinting

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Strange sphere

by on May.25, 2010, under SEM pictures

This is just some strange looking sphere, probably ZnO, that I bumped into while investigating one of my samples.

Strange sphere.

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The Hedgehog

by on May.25, 2010, under SEM pictures

This is a cluster of ZnO nanowires. For ZnO NW to grow one generally need to create a seeding layer consisting of nanocrystalline ZnO. It can be done by depositing solution of zinc acetate in ethanol and annealing substrate at 300°C. If there is a particle on the surface of the substrate, surface tension can draw the solution to this particle, leaving area around without any seeding layer. In my opinion this “hedgehog” was formed around such a particle, while the area around it is without any ZnO NW. there are nanwires of expected shape and geometry father away from this structure.

Cluster of AnO NW. Looks like a hedgehog.

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ZnO nanowires

by on Mar.15, 2010, under SEM pictures

I was trying to grow ZnO nanowires using a new set up, but apparently messed up somewhere putting the seeding layer on the surface. In this picture, as far as I can tell, ZnO nanowires grew around a ZnO nanocrystall. Though the form and the shape of nanowires are what I was looking for, I’d rather have them growing from the susbtrate.

Ball of ZnO nanowires

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Chemically grown ZnO NWs

by on Feb.16, 2010, under Recipe, SEM pictures

Forest of chemically grown ZnO nanowires. Solution was 5 mM/L of Hexamethylenetetramine and Zinc Nitrate in water at 90 °C. Substrate was seeded with ZnO nanocrystalline by dropcasting of 0.5 mM/L of Zinc Acetate Dihydrate in ethanol and consecutive annealing at 350 °C. SEM image is tilted 45°.

Forest of ZnO nanowires

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ZnO nanostructures

by on Feb.10, 2010, under SEM pictures

Strangely shaped ZnO nanostructures grown by wet chemistry.
ZnO nanostructures

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Graphene

by on Feb.10, 2010, under SEM pictures

Graphene particle on ZnO NW forest.
Graphene particle on ZnO NW forest

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