02225nas a2200301   4500008004100000022001400041245013400055210006900189260006900258300001200327490000800339520114800347653003001495653001901525653001901544653002301563653003501586653003801621653001701659100001501676700001801691700001601709700001701725700001401742700002401756700002201780856012101802       2016                        eng d  a0254-058400aSynthesis and self-assembly of dumbbell shaped ZnO sub-micron structures using low temperature chemical bath deposition technique0 aSynthesis and selfassembly of dumbbell shaped ZnO submicron stru  aPO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLANDbELSEVIER SCIENCE SAcFEB  a152-1570 v1693 a<p>We report well dispersed horizontal growth of ZnO sub-micron structures using simplest technique ever known i.e. chemical bath deposition (CBD). A set of samples were prepared under two different cases A) dumbbell shaped ZnO grown in CBD bath and B) tubular ZnO structures evolved from dumbbell shaped structures by dissolution mechanism. Single phase wurtzite ZnO formation is confirmed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique in both cases. From the morphological investigations performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), sample prepared under case A indicate formation of hex bit tool (HBT) shaped ZnO crystals, which observed to self-organize to form dumbbell structures. Further these microstructures are then converted into tubular structures as a fragment of post CBD process. The possible mechanism responsible for the self-assembly of HBT units to form dumbbell structures is discussed. Observed free excitonic peak located at 370 nm in photoluminescence (PL) spectra recorded at 18 K indicate that the micro/nanostructures synthesized using CBD are of high optical quality. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>10aElectron microscopy (STEM10aMicrostructure10aNanostructures10aOptical properties10aPhotoluminescence spectroscopy10aRaman spectroscopy and scattering10aTEM and SEM)1 aBorade, P.1 aJoshi, K., U.1 aGokarna, A.1 aLerondel, G.1 aWalke, P.1 aLate, Dattatray, J.1 aJejurikar, S., M.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/synthesis-and-self-assembly-dumbbell-shaped-zno-sub-micron-structures-using-low-0