Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-07-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
8 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0957-4484/19/44/445704
We report that ZnO nanostructures synthesized by chemical route undergo a shape transition at ~ 20 nm from spherical to hexagonal morphology thereby changing the spectral components of the blue-green emission. Spherically shaped nanocrystals (size range 11 -18 nm) show emission in the range of 555-564 nm and the emission shifts to the longer wavelength as the size increases. On the other hand, rods and hexagonal platelets (size range 20-85 nm), which is the equilibrium morphology after the shape transition, show emission near 465-500 nm and it shifts to shorter wavelength as the size increases. The shape transition also leads to relaxation of microstrain in the system. Our analysis shows that the visible emission originates from a defect layer on the nanostructure surface which is affected by the shape transition. The change in the spectral component of the blue green emission on change of shape has been explained as arising from band bending due to depletion layer in smaller spherical particles which is absent in the larger particles with flat faces.
Ghosh Manoranjan
Raychaudhuri A. K.
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