Growth of ZnS Nanostructures in High Vacuum by Thermal Evaporation

Abstract

ZnS nanostructures were grown on Si substrates in high vacuum by modified thermal evaporation technique. Morphology, chemical composition and structural properties of grown ZnS nanostructures were studied using scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer and transmission electron microscope (TEM). SEM studies showed that morphology of the grown structures varies with incident flux and source temperature. TEM studies showed that grown nanostructures are single crystalline in nature without structural defects such as stacking faults and twins. No catalytic particle was included in this growth process, and hence these micro and nanostructures were assumed to grow by VS mechanism.

Effect of Metal (Cu, Mn) Doping on the Structural, Morphological, Optical, Photoluminescence, Electrical and Photocatalytic Properties of In2s3 Nanoparticles

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