Document Type : Research Article
Authors
Surface and Nanoscience Division, Material Science Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603102, India
Abstract
In the present work ZnO dendritic nanostructures (NS) were synthesized by sol-gel and spin coating methods over silicon (100) substrate. The phase purity was confirmed by XRD. Grain size was found to be less than 10 nm. The vibrational modes of the nano ZnO wurtzite structure were observed by laser Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectra revealed asymmetrically broadened red shift of E2 (high) optical phonon mode which accrues from contribution of Non-Brillouin Zone (NBZ) phonons. The shift in the peak is attributed to the quantum mechanical confinement of phonon due to their nano grains as inferred from XRD and morphological studies by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). SEM and AFM images revealed the leaf like dendrite structures having several branches. Possible growth mechanism has been discussed in line with the synthesis. Box counting method was implemented to determine the fractal dimension (D) and the value of D is found to be ~1.6±0.1. This work will be useful in designing novel optoelectronic devices and sensors from ZnO nanostructures (NS) exhibiting complex morphology. Copyright © 2017 VBRI Press.
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