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We report on the high-pressure pulsed-laser deposition growth of periodic arrays of free-standing single zinc oxide nanowires with uniform hexagonal arrangement and cross-section with thickness of less than 100 nm. In order to achieve the wire alignment, we prepared an ordered array of catalytic gold seed particles by a nanosphere lithography mask transfer technique using monodisperse spherical polystyrol nanoparticles. These templates were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy prior to nanowire growth. X-ray diffraction revealed the epitaxial relationships between the nanostructures and the a-plane sapphire substrate and excellent crystal quality. The optical properties of the ZnO nanowire arrays were measured by cathodoluminescence.
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Rahm, A., Lorenz, M., Nobis, T. et al. Pulsed-laser deposition and characterization of ZnO nanowires with regular lateral arrangement. Appl. Phys. A 88, 31–34 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-3979-8
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