| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1644090 | Materials Letters | 2014 | 4 Pages |
•Centipede-like Ag/ZnO nanoarchitectures were fabricated via a facile two-step wet-chemistry method.•The structure, composition, and morphology of the samples were characterized using XRD, XPS, and TEM.•The Ag/ZnO nanohybrids exhibited tunable optical property based on strong interfacial electronic coupling between neighboring ZnO nanorods and Ag nawires.
Novel centipede-like Ag/ZnO heterostructural composites were designed and fabricated via a facile two-step strategy. These hybrid nanoarchitectures consisted of monodispersed Ag nawires as trunks and highly oriented ZnO nanorods as branches. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The optical properties of the samples were investigated by measuring the UV–visible absorbance. The centipede-like Ag/ZnO nanohybrids showed tunable optical property based on strong interfacial electronic coupling between neighboring ZnO nanorods and Ag nawires.
