dc.contributor.author | Zervos, Matthew | en |
dc.contributor.author | Demetriou, Maria | en |
dc.contributor.author | Krasia‐Christoforou, Theodora | en |
dc.contributor.author | Othonos, Andreas S. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Turcu, R. P. | en |
dc.creator | Zervos, Matthew | en |
dc.creator | Demetriou, Maria | en |
dc.creator | Krasia‐Christoforou, Theodora | en |
dc.creator | Othonos, Andreas S. | en |
dc.creator | Turcu, R. P. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-02T15:34:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-02T15:34:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2046-2069 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/59221 | |
dc.description.abstract | Metal-oxide semiconductor nanowires (NWs) such as ZnO, β-Ga 2O 3 and SnO 2 with diameters of tens of nanometres and lengths of many micrometres have been grown using micellar nanohybrids consisting of methacrylate-based diblock copolymers and noble metal nanoparticles (MNPs). Micellar Au and Pd MNPs with diameters as small as 2.3 ± 0.3 nm were deposited on Si(001) by spin coating or drop casting and metal-oxide NWs were grown by reactive vapor transport. A high yield of β-Ga 2O 3 NWs with diameters of approximately 40 nm, lengths > 10 μm and a monoclinic crystal structure were obtained at 900 °C with the largest MNPs. These exhibited a broad, symmetric photoluminescence (PL) spectrum centred at 2.3 eV attributed to defect states situated energetically in the energy band gap of β-Ga 2O 3. We find that a reduction in the size of the MNPs below 10 nm leads to the formation of necklace like β-Ga 2O 3 NWs via the encapsulation of the MNPs which act as catalytic centres for the formation of branched nanostructures along the length of the β-Ga 2O 3 NWs that are also responsible for a blue shift in the PL at 2.8 eV as a result of quantum confinement. This was not observed upon reducing the density of MNPs or in the case of ZnO or SnO 2 NWs grown with the smallest of MNPs probably due to differences in surface energy. We show that polymethacrylate-noble MNPs may be patterned directly by electron beam lithography and may be exploited for the selective location growth of semiconductor NWs while we also discuss the difference between the sizes of the hybrid polymer-MNPs and MO NWs which is attributed to agglomeration. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012. | en |
dc.source | RSC Advances | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84862979848&doi=10.1039%2fc2ra01072k&partnerID=40&md5=c891864e777cba431688708a509621fc | |
dc.subject | Block copolymers | en |
dc.subject | Nanowires | en |
dc.subject | Metal nanoparticles | en |
dc.subject | Zinc oxide | en |
dc.subject | ZnO | en |
dc.subject | Vapors | en |
dc.subject | Semiconductor growth | en |
dc.subject | Reactive vapor transport | en |
dc.subject | Gallium | en |
dc.subject | Photoluminescence spectrum | en |
dc.subject | Si(0 0 1) | en |
dc.subject | Nanohybrids | en |
dc.subject | Palladium | en |
dc.subject | High yield | en |
dc.subject | Defect state | en |
dc.subject | Blue shift | en |
dc.subject | Branched nanostructures | en |
dc.subject | Catalytic centre | en |
dc.subject | Drop casting | en |
dc.subject | Gold | en |
dc.subject | Gold deposits | en |
dc.subject | Metal oxide semiconductor | en |
dc.subject | Metal-oxide | en |
dc.subject | Monoclinic crystal structure | en |
dc.subject | Nanometres | en |
dc.title | Synthesis of hybrid polymethacrylate-noble metal (M = Au, Pd) nanoparticles for the growth of metal-oxide semiconductor nanowires | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1039/c2ra01072k | |
dc.description.volume | 2 | |
dc.description.issue | 10 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 4370 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 4376 | |
dc.author.faculty | Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Φυσικής / Department of Physics | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.description.notes | <p>Cited By :3</p> | en |
dc.source.abbreviation | RSC Adv. | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Othonos, Andreas S. [0000-0003-0016-9116] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Zervos, Matthew [0000-0002-6321-233X] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0003-0016-9116 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-6321-233X | |