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Formation of one-dimensional ZnO nanowires from screw-dislocation-driven two-dimensional hexagonal stacking on diamond substrate using nanoparticle-assisted pulsed laser deposition

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Published 23 December 2013 © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation E Senthil Kumar et al 2014 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47 034016 DOI 10.1088/0022-3727/47/3/034016

0022-3727/47/3/034016

Abstract

We report on the growth of ZnO nanowires on a p-type diamond substrate using nanoparticle-assisted pulsed laser deposition technique. Microstructural analysis on different growth stages reveals that the self-assembled 1D ZnO nanowires emerge on well-formed 2D hexagonal base with spiral-like structures. We explain the formation of screw-dislocation-driven spiral-like-hexagons invoking crystal growth velocities at different regions of the hexagons. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and selective area electron diffraction studies show that the nanowires are single crystalline in nature and grow along 〈0 0 0 1〉 direction of the wurtzite hexagonal structure. Room temperature photoluminescence spectrum of the ZnO nanowire shows a strong near band edge emission at 3.2 eV with a linewidth of 136 meV.

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