Issue 12, 2011
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CrystEngComm

Group III element-doped ZnO twinning nanostructures

L. L. Wu,ab   F. W. Liuc  and  X. T. Zhang*ad  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
E-mail: xtzhangzhang@hotmail.com

b Center for Engineering Training and Basic Experimentation, Heilongjiang Institute of Science and Technology, Harbin 150027, P. R. China

c Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

d Heilongjiang Province Key Lab for Low-Dimensional System and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, P. R. China

Abstract

Two kinds of ZnO twinning nanostructures, three-edged nanobelts and hexagonal-disk strings, were successfully fabricated through a thermal evaporation method. The detailed microstructure and composition of the nanostructures were characterized by transmission electron microscopy. In spite of their differences in morphology, they have the same (0[1 with combining macron]13) and (01[1 with combining macron]1) twin boundaries. A {0[1 with combining macron]13} twin core is introduced to explain the formation of the twin boundaries. The differences in morphology may be caused by the changes of surface energy and supersaturation level induced by group III element doping.

Graphical abstract: Group III element-doped ZnO twinning nanostructures

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CE05088E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Jan 2011
Accepted
22 Feb 2011
First published
11 Mar 2011

CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 4251-4255

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Group III element-doped ZnO twinning nanostructures

L. L. Wu, F. W. Liu and X. T. Zhang, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 4251 DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05088E

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