<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Bulk ZnO nanorod assemblies have been successfully fabricated on CuO nanowires through spin coating of organoprecursor gels. A thin film of CuO nanowires was first generated by direct heating of a metallic Cu-foil at 500 °C in an air atmosphere. A stable colloidal organo-precursor sol synthesized by dissolving equimolar zinc acetate dihydrate and monoethanolamine in 2-methoxyethanol was subsequently repeatedly deposited onto the CuO nanowires by spin coating. The formation of ZnO nanorod assemblies was controlled by varying the number of coatings. The average diameter of the ZnO rods was determined to be ∼600 nm.</p></abstract>

Bulk ZnO nanorod assemblies have been successfully fabricated on CuO nanowires through spin coating of organoprecursor gels. A thin film of CuO nanowires was first generated by direct heating of a metallic Cu-foil at 500 °C in an air atmosphere. A stable colloidal organo-precursor sol synthesized by dissolving equimolar zinc acetate dihydrate and monoethanolamine in 2-methoxyethanol was subsequently repeatedly deposited onto the CuO nanowires by spin coating. The formation of ZnO nanorod assemblies was controlled by varying the number of coatings. The average diameter of the ZnO rods was determined to be ∼600 nm.

Bulk ZnO nanorod assemblies fabricated by spin coating of organo-precursor gels on CuO nanowires

Centre for Social Contribution and Collaboration, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan

Materials and Minerals Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Kerala, India

Department of Materials Engineering, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile

Department of Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan

Materials Science-Poland

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Bulk ZnO nanorod assemblies have been successfully fabricated on CuO nanowires through spin coating of organoprecursor gels. A thin film of CuO nanowires was...

Bulk ZnO nanorod assemblies fabricated by spin coating of organo-precursor gels on CuO nanowires

Published Online: Aug 29, 2013

Page range: 397 - 403

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0123-7

Keywords
ZnO, CuO, sol-gel, Raman spectrum, SEM

© 2013 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Bulk ZnO nanorod assemblies fabricated by spin coating of organo-precursor gels on CuO nanowires

Published Online: Aug 29, 2013

Page range: 397 - 403

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-013-0123-7

KeywordsZnO, CuO, sol-gel, Raman spectrum, SEM

© 2013 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
ZnO, CuO, sol-gel, Raman spectrum, SEM