Nanofabrication and characterization of ZnO nanorod arrays and branched microrods by aqueous solution route and rapid thermal processing

Nanofabrication and characterization of ZnO nanorod arrays and branched microrods by aqueous solution route and rapid thermal processing Oleg Lupan a,b,∗, Lee Chow a, Guangyu Chai c, Beatriz Roldan a, Ahmed Naitabdi a, Alfons Schulte a, Helge Heinrich a,d a Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 162385 Orlando, FL 32816-2385, USA b Department of Microelectronics and Semiconductor Devices, Technical University of Moldova, 168 Stefan cel Mare Boulevard, MD-2004 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova c Apollo Technologies, Inc., 205 Waymont Court, S111, Lake Mary, FL 32746, USA d Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, and Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 162385, Orlando, FL 32816-2455, USA