J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (05): 583-586.

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Microstructure Characterization of Single-crystal ZnO Nanorods Synthesized by Solvothermal at Low Temperature

Chunna YANG, Ying LI, Ge XU , Xiuliang MA   

  1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2006-07-03 Revised:2006-11-23 Online:2007-09-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Xiuliang MA

Abstract: Single-crystalline ZnO nanorods have been synthesized by a simple solvothermal process at low temperature.Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations have confirmed that the as-synthesized products have rod-like morphologies with diameters ranging from several nanometers to 30 nm and lengths from 100 nm to 2 μm. Such hexagonal ZnO nanorods are structurally uniform and the growth direction is identified to be [0001]. Growth mechanism of the ZnO nanorods was proposed.

Key words: ZnO nanorod, Transmission electron microscopy