Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7987961 | Solid State Communications | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We develop a theoretical model that interprets the growth mechanism of zinc (Zn) crystal nanorods on a liquid substrate by thermal evaporation. During deposition, Zn atoms diffuse randomly on an isotropic and quasi-free sustained substrate, the nucleation of the atoms results in the primary nanorod (or seed crystal) growth. Subsequently, a characteristic one-dimensional atomic aggregation is proposed, which leads to the accelerating growth of the crystal nanorod along its preferential growth direction until the growth terminates. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the experimental findings.
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Authors
Ziran Ye, Ke Wang, Chenxi Lu, Ying Jin, Chenghua Sui, Bo Yan, Fan Gao, Pinggen Cai, Bin Lv, Yun Li, Naibo Chen, Guofang Sun, Fengyun Xu, Gaoxiang Ye,