Laser action in ZnO nanoneedles selectively grown on silicon and plastic substrates.

An ion-beam technique has been employed to fabricate nanoscale needlelike structures in ZnO thin films on silicon and plastic substrates at room temperature. The ZnO nanoneedles showed a single-crystalline wurtzite structure, the stem of which was around 100nm in diameter. The sharp tips of the nanoneedles exhibited an apex angle of 20° as measured by transmission electron microscopy. Room-temperature ultraviolet random lasing action was observed in the ZnO nanoneedle arrays under 355nm optical excitation.

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