Growth of Well-Aligned InN Nanorods on Amorphous Glass Substrates

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2016 Dec;11(1):270. doi: 10.1186/s11671-016-1482-x. Epub 2016 May 26.

Abstract

The growth of well-aligned nanorods on amorphous substrates can pave the way to fabricate large-scale and low-cost devices. In this work, we successfully prepared vertically well-aligned c-axis InN nanorods on amorphous glass substrate by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. The products formed directly on bare glass are randomly oriented without preferential growth direction. By inserting a GaN/Ti interlayer, the nanowire alignment can be greatly improved as indicated by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction.