Face-selective electrostatic control of hydrothermal zinc oxide nanowire synthesis
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Joo, Jaebum
Prakash, Manu
Jacobson, Joseph
Chow, Brian Yichiun
Boyden, Edward
Date Issued
July 2011
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Nature Materials
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Nature Publishing Group
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Joo, Jaebum, Brian Y. Chow, Manu Prakash, Edward S. Boyden, and Joseph M. Jacobson 2011Face-selective Electrostatic Control of Hydrothermal Zinc Oxide Nanowire Synthesis. Nature Materials 10(8): 596–601.
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Abstract
Rational control over the morphology and the functional properties of inorganic nanostructures has been a long-standing goal in the development of bottom-up device fabrication processes. We report that the geometry of hydrothermally grown zinc oxide nanowires can be tuned from platelets to needles, covering more than three orders of magnitude in aspect ratio (~0.1–100). We introduce a classical thermodynamics-based model to explain the underlying growth inhibition mechanism by means of the competitive and face-selective electrostatic adsorption of non-zinc complex ions at alkaline conditions. The performance of these nanowires rivals that of vapour-phase-grown nanostructures and their low-temperature synthesis (<60 °C) is favourable to the integration and in situ fabrication of complex and polymer-supported devices. We illustrate this capability by fabricating an all-inorganic light-emitting diode in a polymeric microfluidic manifold. Our findings indicate that electrostatic interactions in aqueous crystal growth may be systematically manipulated to synthesize nanostructures and devices with enhanced structural control.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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