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Low-Temperature Cathodoluminescence Investigations of High-Quality Zinc Oxide Nanorods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2015

Bartlomiej S. Witkowski ,
Lukasz Wachnicki ,
Sylwia Gieraltowska ,
Anna Reszka ,
Bogdan J. Kowalski  and
Marek Godlewski
Bartlomiej S. Witkowski*
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
Lukasz Wachnicki
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
Sylwia Gieraltowska
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
Anna Reszka
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
Bogdan J. Kowalski
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
Marek Godlewski
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences College of Science, Cardinal S. Wyszyński University, Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw, Poland
*
*Corresponding author. bwitkow@ifpan.edu.pl
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Abstract

We present results of cathodoluminescence (CL) investigations of high-quality zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods obtained by an extremely fast hydrothermal method on a silicon substrate. A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) system equipped with CL allows direct comparison of SEM images and CL maps, taken from exactly the same areas of samples. Investigations are performed at a temperature of 5 K. An interlink between sample microstructure and emission properties is investigated. CL confirms a very high quality of ZnO nanorods produced by our method. In addition, the presence of super radiation effects in ZnO nanorod arrays is suggested.

Keywords

zinc oxidecathodoluminescencenanorodssuper radiation
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Materials Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 2015 , pp. 564 - 569
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© Microscopy Society of America 2015 

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