Growth behaviors of ZnO nanostructure on SMAT Cu0.62Zn0.38during oxidation

Jun Peng Wang, Chun Hua Xu, Zhen Biao Zhu, Chun Sheng Wen, Jian Lu, San-Qiang Shi

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Abstract

Cu0.62Zn0.38foil was subjected to surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) processing first. Growth behavior of ZnO nanostructure on the SMAT Cu0.62Zn0.38surface during thermal oxidation was investigated in this paper. The original and SMAT Cu0.62Zn0.38foils were thermally oxidized at 400 ~ 700 C under various gaseous environments, including nitrogen and mixture of N2-O2at a pressure of 1 atm. for 3 h. The oxidized specimens were characterized with a scanning electron microscope, an X-ray diffractometer and a transmission electron microscope. It is found that nanosheets are easily formed on the SMAT specimen surface. The favorable formation of nanosheets relates to twin lamellae structure of Cu0.62Zn0.38formed during SMAT processing.
Original languageEnglish
Article number120537
JournalEPJ Applied Physics
Volume62
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Instrumentation
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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