Microstructural and optical properties of nanocrystalline ZnO deposited onto vertically aligned carbon nanotubes by physical vapor deposition |
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Authors: | Tushar Borkar Won Seok Chang Jun Yeon Hwang Nigel D. Shepherd Rajarshi Banerjee |
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Affiliation: | 1. Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH), Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-170 Santo André, SP, Brazil;2. Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS), Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-170 Santo André, SP, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Nanocrystalline ZnO films with thicknesses of 5 nm, 10 nm, 20 nm, and 50 nm were deposited via magnetron sputtering onto the surface of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The ZnO/CNTs heterostructures were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction studies. No structural degradation of the CNTs was observed and photoluminescence (PL) measurements of the nanostructured ZnO layers show that the optical properties of these films are typical of ZnO deposited at low temperatures. The results indicate that magnetron sputtering is a viable technique for growing heterostructures and depositing functional layers onto CNTs. |
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