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Evaluation of Williamson–Hall Strain and Stress Distribution in ZnO Nanowires Prepared Using Aliphatic Alcohol

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Synthesis of ZnO nanowires (NWs) using vapor phase transport (VPT) assisted with thermal evaporation of brass (CuZn) assisted by hotwire was presented. The effects of aliphatic alcohols such as methanol and ethanol as source of oxygen were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Significant changes in the morphology and structure of both ZnO NWs prepared using methanol (ZnO/M NWs) and ethanol (ZnO/E NWs) depicted the influence of aliphatic alcohols. Debye Scherer (DS), Williamson–Hall (W-H) and size–strain plot (SSP) analysis on the XRD peak broadening revealed that ZnO/M NWs revealed lower strain and stress value compared to ZnO/E NWs. ZnO/M NWs, which was preferential to \(\langle 002\rangle \) crystallographic orientation found to be hexagonal isotropic crystalline nature whereas ZnO/E NWs preferential of \(\langle 101\rangle \) crystallographic orientation is anisotropic crystalline nature.

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This work is supported by Peruntukan Penyelidikan Pascasiswazah (PPP) of University Malaya Grant No.: PS212/2009A, RG247-12AFR and UM.C/HIR/MOHE/SC/33.

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  1. Department of Physics, Plasma Technology Research Centre, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Tamil Many K. Thandavan, Chiow San Wong & Roslan Md Nor

  2. Department of Physics, Low Dimensional Material Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Siti Meriam Abdul Gani

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Thandavan, T.M.K., Gani, S.M.A., Wong, C.S. et al. Evaluation of Williamson–Hall Strain and Stress Distribution in ZnO Nanowires Prepared Using Aliphatic Alcohol. J Nondestruct Eval 34, 14 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-015-0286-8

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