The Review of Laser Engineering
Online ISSN : 1349-6603
Print ISSN : 0387-0200
ISSN-L : 0387-0200
Laser Processing
Growth Control of ZnO Nanorods by Pulsed Laser Deposition Method and Their Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties
Ryo NISHIMURATatsunori SAKANOMinoru OBARA
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2008 Volume 36 Issue APLS Pages 1234-1237

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ZnO nanorod arrays have attracted considerable attention as a candidate for fabricating gas sensors, dye-sensitized solar cells, and light emitting diodes (LEDs) in the last few years. Controlling the growth of ZnO nanorods is of importance in terms of reproducibility for the practical applications. In this paper, we have grown ZnO nanorod arrays on Si (100) substrates by two-step growth. First, ZnO powder dispersed on a Si substrate is thermally annealed in air. Next, after annealing for nucleation, ZnO was deposited on the seed layer for one hour duration. As a result, ZnO nanorod arrays were observed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The diameter of the thinnest ZnO nanorods was 30 nm, and the length ranged from 500 nm to 10,000 nm. Furthermore, we investigated their surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) properties by using a structure known as a nanoshell, and coating gold (Au) around ZnO nanorods.
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