Micropatterning of ZnO nanoarrays by forced hydrolysis of anhydrous zinc acetate

Xiulan Hu, Yoshitake Masuda, Tatsuki Ohji, Kazumi Kato

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Abstract

Micropatterns of ZnO nanoarrays were simply and successfully fabricated in an aqueous solution without any high-temperature treatment and/or expensive catalyst. In situ forced hydrolysis of patterned anhydrous zinc acetate, derived by ultraviolet irradiation with a photomask, resulted in heterogeneous nucleation and growth to form ZnO nanoarrays. Micropatterns of ZnO nanoarrays were characterized by FE-SEM and XRD. ZnO nanoarrays were well site-selectively deposited on anhydrous zinc acetate coated regions at 88 °C. HR-TEM clarified the formation mechanism in which anhydrous zinc acetate showed a tendency of forced hydrolyzation to ZnO nanocrystals at the initial stage in the reaction solution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7614-7617
Number of pages4
JournalLangmuir
Volume24
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2008
Externally publishedYes

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