Photonic crystals in biology
Photonic crystals in biology
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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />
Theme A1 - B702<br />
Growth and lum<strong>in</strong>escence properties of Z<strong>in</strong>c Oxide nanowires<br />
S.H. Mousavi 1,* , H. Haratizadeh 1<br />
1 Department of Physics Shahrood University of Technology, 3619995161, Shahrood, Iran<br />
Abstract— In this work, 1-D nanostructures were synthesized <strong>in</strong> a horizontal tube furnace by chemical vapour deposition<br />
method. The effect of substrate, evaporation temperature, gas flow flux and vacuum conditions are <strong>in</strong>vestigated on the<br />
structural and morphological studies by means of the field emission SEM, EDX, XRD and Photolum<strong>in</strong>escence (PL) studies.<br />
Z<strong>in</strong>c oxide (ZnO) is an exclusive material that exhibits<br />
optical and semiconduct<strong>in</strong>g properties such as wide band gap<br />
(3.37 eV) and large b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g energy (60 meV). Recently, onedimensional<br />
structures of ZnO attract great attention due to<br />
sens<strong>in</strong>g, optoelectronic applications and nanodevices [1, 2].<br />
In this work, 1-D nanostructures were synthesized <strong>in</strong> a<br />
horizontal tube furnace by chemical vapour deposition<br />
method. The effect of substrate, evaporation temperature, gas<br />
flow flux and vacuum conditions are <strong>in</strong>vestigated on the<br />
structural and morphological studies by means of the field<br />
emission SEM, EDX and XRD. Photolum<strong>in</strong>escence (PL)<br />
spectroscopy has been used for the optical studies and PL<br />
spectra show green and green-blue wavelength strong<br />
emissions at RT. The synthesized nanowires with the average<br />
width 70 nm are shown <strong>in</strong> Fig.(1-a). The EDX measurement<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicates the volume ratio 1:5 of oxygen:z<strong>in</strong>c components<br />
respectively (Fig. (1-b)).<br />
purpose, the variations of PL spectra for different<br />
morphologies are <strong>in</strong>vestigated and the high <strong>in</strong>tensity light<br />
emitt<strong>in</strong>g is detected for visible wavelengths that are great<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest for light emitt<strong>in</strong>g devices at room temperature (RT)<br />
[3-5].<br />
Intensity (a. u.)<br />
PL spectrum of ZnO nanowires at RT<br />
400 500 600 700 800<br />
Wavelength (nm)<br />
Figure 2: PL spectrum of ZnO nanowires at room temperature<br />
*Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author: hadi_mousavi@yahoo.com<br />
(a)<br />
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(2005).<br />
[3] Yong Q<strong>in</strong>, Rusen Yang, and Zhong L<strong>in</strong> Wang J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 48,<br />
18734-18736 (2008)<br />
[4] Yaguang Wei, Yong D<strong>in</strong>g, Cheng Li,Sheng Xu,Jae-Hyun Ryo, Russell<br />
Dupuis, Ashok K.Sood, Dennis L.Polla, and Zhong L<strong>in</strong> Wang, J. Phys.<br />
Chem., 112 , 48, 18935-18937 (2008) .<br />
[5] R.S. Yang and Z.L. Wang Philos. Mag., 87, 2097-2014 (2007).<br />
(b)<br />
Figure 1: (a) SEM image, (b) EDX analysis of ZnO nanowires.<br />
PL spectrum of the same sample exhibits two peaks, a sharp<br />
peak at 390 nm and a strong broad peak at 487 nm (Fig. 2). As<br />
a direct band gap semiconductor, the near band-edge emission<br />
appears at 390 nm, while vacancy oxygen defects lead to<br />
visible emission at mentioned wavelengths. As another<br />
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