Controlled one-step fabrication of highly oriented ZnO nanoneedle/nanorods arrays at near room temperature

Xufeng Wu; Hua Bai; Chun Li; Gewu Lu; Gaoquan Shi

doi:10.1039/b516497d

Controlled one-step fabrication of highly oriented ZnO nanoneedle/nanorods arrays at near room temperature

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Apr 21:(15):1655-7. doi: 10.1039/b516497d. Epub 2006 Mar 8.

Authors

Xufeng Wu¹, Hua Bai, Chun Li, Gewu Lu, Gaoquan Shi

Affiliation

¹ Key Lab of Bio-organic Phosphorus of Education Commission of China, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.

PMID: 16583010
DOI: 10.1039/b516497d

Abstract

Highly oriented ZnO nanoneedle/nanorods arrays have been fabricated by direct oxidation of zinc foil in alkaline zincate ion solution at near room temperature (20 degrees C for nanoneedles, 30 degrees C for nanorods).