Research Article

Micromechanism and Kinetic Formulation of Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorods Grown on Catalytic Bilayers

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(a) Schematic configuration of the vapor-phase growth of ZnO rods via the combination of the ledge mechanism and diffusion processes, which involves the surface diffusion-controlled mechanism nearby the growing steps and the gas phase diffusion-controlled mechanism nearby the solid-vapor interface. The concentration profile for the surface diffusion-controlled growth mechanism is shown in (b).
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