Nucleation and growth of chrysanthemum-like zinc oxide crystals using silicon dioxide
Authors: Sahdan, M.Z.1; Kamaruddin, S.A.2; Mamat, M.H.3; Amizam, S.4; Rafaie, H.A.4; Khusaimi, Z.4; Saim, Hashim2; Ahmed, A.Z.5; Abdullah, S.4; Noor, U.M.3; Rusop, M.3
Source: Materials Research Innovations, Volume 13, Number 3, September 2009 , pp. 139-141(3)
Publisher: Maney Publishing
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Abstract:
The chrysanthemum-like ZnO crystal has been grown by dry oxidation process in the sol-gel method. The samples have been characterised using SEM and XRD. The surface morphology of SEM result shows that the structure is like a chrysanthemum flower. The chrysanthemum-like crystal has been synthesised and composed of one-dimensional nanorods which have hexagonal wurtzite structure. It is also shown that the nanorods were preferentially grown along the [001] direction. In this paper, the growth mechanism and synthesis technique of chrysanthemum-like nanostructured ZnO are explained in detail.Keywords: NUCLEATION; CHRYSANTHEMUM-LIKE CRYSTAL; WURTZITE STRUCTURE; SOL-GEL; NANORODS
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1179/143307509X437446
Affiliations: 1: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia;, Email: zainizno@gmail.com 2: Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia 3: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 4: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 5: Management Research Institute, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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