Communications Materials (Aug 2020)

Face-selective tungstate ions drive zinc oxide nanowire growth direction and dopant incorporation

  • Jiangyang Liu,
  • Kazuki Nagashima,
  • Hiroki Yamashita,
  • Wataru Mizukami,
  • Jun Uzuhashi,
  • Takuro Hosomi,
  • Masaki Kanai,
  • Xixi Zhao,
  • Yoshinori Miura,
  • Guozhu Zhang,
  • Tsunaki Takahashi,
  • Masaru Suzuki,
  • Daiki Sakai,
  • Benjarong Samransuksamer,
  • Yong He,
  • Tadakatsu Ohkubo,
  • Takao Yasui,
  • Yuriko Aoki,
  • Johnny C. Ho,
  • Yoshinobu Baba,
  • Takeshi Yanagida

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-00063-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Controlling the growth processes of nanowires is vital for tailoring their properties. Here, the presence of tungstate ions on specific surface planes of zinc oxide nanowires causes nanowire growth and chemical doping along specific crystal planes.