Self-Catalytic and Selective Growth of ZnO Nanoneedles by Micro-Contact Printing and CVD
A self-catalytic method to selectively grow ZnO nanoneedles is demonstrated by simply combining a conventional micro-contact printing (μ-CP) and two-step metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) techniques. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of octadecyltrichlorosilane
(OTS) were patterned on Si substrates by μ-CP. The patterned structures of the ZnO nanoneedles were realized on the SAMs-patterned Si substrates by two-step MOCVD at high temperature of 600 °C via the initial preparation of a thin ZnO seed layer with retaining the patterned morphology
at low temperature of 170 °C. This combined method of μ-CP and self-catalytic two-step MOCVD should be applicable to fabricate the patterned alignments of metal oxide nanostructures.
Keywords: CVD; MICRO-CONTACT PRINTING; NANONEEDLES; SELF-CATALYTIC; ZNO
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 July 2008
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