A self-assembly mechanism for sol-gel derived ZnO thin films

被引：56

作者：

Wang, Jiaheng ^{[1
]}

Qi, Yang ^{[1
,2
]}

Zhi, Zhuangzhi ^{[1
]}

Guo, Jing ^{[1
]}

Li, Maolin ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Ying ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Northeastern Univ, Sch Sci, Inst Mat Phys & Chem, Shenyang 110004, Peoples R China

[2] Northeastern Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Anisotropy & Texture Mat, Shenyang 110004, Peoples R China

来源：

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES | 2007年 / 16卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1088/0964-1726/16/6/072

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

ZnO thin films with c-axis orientation have been prepared by a sol-gel method on glass substrates. An ethanol solution mixed with zinc acetate dihydrate and monoethanolamine was used as the precursor for spin-coating. Preferentially oriented ZnO thin films were prepared by preheating the as-deposited films at 300 degrees C and sintering from 350 to 600 degrees C. Thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) were employed to investigate the growth and morphology of the films. The results reveal that the thin films consist of stacked, nearly spherical, nanocrystalline particles, and that 500 degrees C is optimal temperature for the crystallization of ZnO thin films. It is argued that the extremely preferential c-axis orientation is a result of self-assembly induced by dipole-dipole interaction between polar nanograins. Moreover, the orientation and continuity of ZnO thin film are affected by the number and kind of the hydroxyl groups of the complexing agent.

引用

页码：2673 / 2679

页数：7

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