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

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: SOL?GEL; CHRYSANTHEMUM-LIKE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; NANORODS; WURTZITE STRUCTURE

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/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

Publication date: 2009-09-01

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