Journal
PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES
Volume 54, Issue -, Pages 288-294Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2013.06.031
Keywords
ZnO; Ion irradiation; Nanorods; Nanoparticles
Funding
- IUAC, New Delhi [UFUP 44314/2008]
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This work reports on the fragmentation of rod-shaped ZnO nanostructures into spherical nanoparticles under 120 MeV Ag9+ swift ion irradiation. The visual evidence of the irradiation induced morphological change has been witnessed through electron microscopic studies. Typically, rods of 50 nm length and 21 nm diameter have transformed into particles of smaller dimension. Conversely, X-ray diffraction studies have revealed the lowering of crystallite size from 21.5 nm to 9 nm and an increase in microstrain by 11 times. Further, spectroscopic results, such as, significant blue shift (similar to 24 cm(-1)) in vibrational features of Zn-O bonding, increase in native defect concentration in the nanostructures etc. also favor the irradiation led modification of nanostructures. It was anticipated that, dislodging and recrystallization of the constituent atoms of the elongated systems, as a consequence of suppression of the cohesive energy (owing to enormous energy deposition) caused by energetic ion irradiation, is chiefly responsible for the evolution of spherical nanoparticles. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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