Title :
Synthesis of horizontally-aligned zno nanowires and their applications to sensors
Author :
Matsumoto, T. ; Kumeda, A. ; Cao, B.Q. ; Higashihata, M. ; Nakamura, D. ; Okada, T.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
Horizontally aligned ZnO nanowires have been successfully grown on the annealed a-cut sapphire substrate using catalyst-free nanoparticle-assisted pulsed-laser deposition, and an UV photosensor was fabricated using the horizontally-aligned ZnO nanowires.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; nanoparticles; nanowires; photodetectors; pulsed laser deposition; sapphire; substrates; ultraviolet detectors; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; Al2O3; UV photosensor; ZnO; annealed a-cut sapphire substrate; horizontally-aligned nanowires; nanoparticle; pulsed laser deposition; Annealing; Crystallization; Excitons; Nanowires; Pulsed laser deposition; Substrates; Temperature; Wideband; X-ray scattering; Zinc oxide; ZnO; nanowire; photosensor; pulsed-laser deposition;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292273
