Study of mechanisms for obtaining nanostructures of zinc oxide from the vapor phase

Abstract

The number of manifold zinc oxide nanostructures including nanowires, nanorods, nanobelts, nanocombs, tetrapods and nanotubes were synthesized for the first time by vapor-phase synthesis at atmospheric pressure. Effect of growth temperature, substrate material and metal particles of catalyst on the morphology of ZnO nanostructures has been investigated. The optimal parameters of the vaporphase growth for different nanostructures have been defined. The mechanisms of ZnO nanostructures formation and growth were proposed.