Synthesis and Photoluminescence Studies on Catalytically Grown Zn1–xMnxS Nanowires

Authors R.P. Vijayalakshmi1 , G. Murali1 , D. Amaranatha Reddy1 , R. Venugopal2 , B.K. Reddy1
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1 S.V. University, Dept. of Physics, 517 502, Tirupati, A.P., India

2 Govt. Degree College, Puttur. Dept. of Physics, Chittoor, A.P., India

Е-mail vijayaraguru@gmail.com
Issue Volume 3, Year 2011, Number 2
Dates Received 12 January 2011, in final form 16 February 2011, published online 02 April 2011
Citation R.P. Vijayalakshmi, G. Murali, D. Amaranatha Reddy, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 3 No2, 5 (2011)
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PACS Number(s) 62.23.Hj
Keywords Zn1 – xMnxS nanowires, CVD process, EDAX (9) , TEM (76) , XRD (90) , Photo-luminescence (2) .
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Zn1 – xMnxS alloy nanowires with composition (x = 0.0, 0.1 and 0.3) have been successfully synthesized by a simple thermal evaporation on the silicon substrate coated with a gold film of 2 nm thickness. X-ray powder diffraction measurements reveal that as synthesized products were hexagonal wurtzite structure. The as grown nanowires have been investigated by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Energy Dispersive Analysis of X-rays (EDAX) and photoluminescence studies. The results reveal that the as grown nanowires consist of Zn, Mn, and S material and diameter ranging from 70 - 150 nm with lengths up to several tens of micrometers. Photoluminescence studies on Zn1 – xMnxS exhibited peaks at 600 and 613 nm for x = 0.1 and 0.3 respectively.

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