Issue 22, 2016

ZnO nanowire array growth on precisely controlled patterns of inkjet-printed zinc acetate at low-temperatures

Abstract

ZnO nanowires have been fabricated through the hydrothermal method on inkjet-printed patterns of zinc acetate dihydrate. The silicon substrate used was heated accordingly during the printing period in order to maintain good spatial uniformity of the zinc acetate nanoparticles, responsible for the pattern morphology. Printing more than one pass of precursor ink leads to an increase in seed layer thickness that subsequently alters the density and dimensions of nanowires. It has been demonstrated that with the right inkjet-printing parameters and substrate temperature, ZnO nanowires can be effortlessly fabricated in accordance with the desired pattern variations under low temperature and mild conditions that ensures promising applications in optoelectronic devices.

Graphical abstract: ZnO nanowire array growth on precisely controlled patterns of inkjet-printed zinc acetate at low-temperatures

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Apr 2016
Accepted
10 May 2016
First published
13 May 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 11760-11765

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ZnO nanowire array growth on precisely controlled patterns of inkjet-printed zinc acetate at low-temperatures

C. P. Tsangarides, H. Ma and A. Nathan, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 11760 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR02962K

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