Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods
We report on atomic probe microscopy (APM) of isotopically enriched ZnO nanorods that measures the spatial distribution of zinc isotopes in sections of ZnO nanorods for natural abundance natZnO and 64Zn and 66Zn enriched ZnO nanorods. The results demonstrate that APM can accurately quantify isotopic...
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| author | Ironside, Charlie Saxey, David Rickard, William Gray, C. McGlynn, E. Reddy, Steven Marks, Nigel |
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| description | We report on atomic probe microscopy (APM) of isotopically enriched ZnO nanorods that measures the spatial distribution of zinc isotopes in sections of ZnO nanorods for natural abundance natZnO and 64Zn and 66Zn enriched ZnO nanorods. The results demonstrate that APM can accurately quantify isotopic abundances within these nanoscale structures. Therefore the atom probe microscope is a useful tool for characterizing Zn isotopic heterostructures in ZnO. Isotopic heterostructures have been proposed for controlling thermal conductivity and also, combined with neutron transmutation doping, they could be key to a novel technology for producing p-n junctions in ZnO thin films and nanorods. © 2017 Author(s). |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-501052017-09-13T15:38:02Z Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods Ironside, Charlie Saxey, David Rickard, William Gray, C. McGlynn, E. Reddy, Steven Marks, Nigel We report on atomic probe microscopy (APM) of isotopically enriched ZnO nanorods that measures the spatial distribution of zinc isotopes in sections of ZnO nanorods for natural abundance natZnO and 64Zn and 66Zn enriched ZnO nanorods. The results demonstrate that APM can accurately quantify isotopic abundances within these nanoscale structures. Therefore the atom probe microscope is a useful tool for characterizing Zn isotopic heterostructures in ZnO. Isotopic heterostructures have been proposed for controlling thermal conductivity and also, combined with neutron transmutation doping, they could be key to a novel technology for producing p-n junctions in ZnO thin films and nanorods. © 2017 Author(s). 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50105 10.1063/1.4976299 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ AIP Publishing LLC fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Ironside, Charlie Saxey, David Rickard, William Gray, C. McGlynn, E. Reddy, Steven Marks, Nigel Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods |
| title | Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods |
| title_full | Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods |
| title_fullStr | Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods |
| title_short | Atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in ZnO nanorods |
| title_sort | atom probe microscopy of zinc isotopic enrichment in zno nanorods |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50105 |