Conformable coating of SiO2 on hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods Academic Article

abstract

• Coating silicon dioxide on hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods is demonstrated using a low temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system. Wurtzite structured ZnO nanorods were prepared by spin coating ZnO nanocrystals onto plastics or glass substrates. Then, the nanorods were subsequently grown in a zinc nitrate solution. SiO2 was deposited by PECVD at 50C. No current could be measured through the patterned metal dots on the SiO2 coated sample, which indicates that SiO2 was covered seamlessly across the entire substrate. Photoluminescence measurements indicated that the SiO2 layer covering the nanorods did not alter the optical properties of the ZnO.

authors

• Lele, Tanmay

published proceedings

• Applied Physics Letters

author list (cited authors)

• Chu, B. H., Leu, L. C., Chang, C. Y., Lugo, F., Norton, D., Lele, T., ... Ren, F.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Chu, BH||Leu, LC||Chang, CY||Lugo, F||Norton, D||Lele, T||Keselowsky, B||Pearton, SJ||Ren, F

publication date

• December 2008

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Applied Physics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4018 Nanotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.3033407

start page

• 233111

volume

• 93

issue

• 23

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3033407