“…Introduction: One-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures, such as nanowires, nanospheres, and nanotubes have attracted considerable attention in the field of optoelectronic nanodevices and catalysis in the last decade, due to their excellent optical and electrical properties [1]. ZnSe, as one of the most important group II-VI compounds materials, is regarded as a promising material in the fabrication of light-emitting diodes, solar cell and photodetectors because of its wide band gap (2.7 eV, at room temperature) and high exciton binding energy (21 meV) [2][3][4][5]. Subsequently, various one-dimensional ZnSe nanostructures are synthesised gradually via different methods, such as metal organic chemical vapour deposition, solvothermal method, thermal evaporation and laserassisted catalytic growth [6][7][8][9].…”