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Core–shell cermet condensates by pulsed-laser ablation on Zn in TEOS

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Spherical cermet condensates with metallic Zn core and specific shell types, both having significant internal compressive stress, were fabricated by pulsed-laser ablation on Zn target in TEOS for X-ray/electron diffraction and spectroscopic characterizations. The nanosized Zn cores have 1-D commensurate (0001) superstructure and wurtzite-type ZnO shell following almost parallel epitaxy relationship, i.e., basal planes exactly in parallel but others slightly off, across a semicoherent interface. The submicron-sized Zn condensates were free of superstructure and encapsulated by a Si–H-signified turbostratic graphite shell. The defective cermet condensates thus fabricated showed UV–Vis photoemission and absorption with a minimum band gap of 1.95 eV for potential optoelectronic and catalytic applications.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Miss S.Y. Shih for the help on XPS analysis and anonymous referees for constructive comments. This work was supported by the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at NSYSU and the National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC.

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Stereographic projection of the crystallographic axes of ideally aligned Zn/W-ZnO with a slight misorientation of pyramidal planes due to c/a difference based on the ambient lattice parameters of Zn (a = 2.665 nm, c = 4.947 nm, c/a = 1.856, JCPDS file 04-0831) and W-ZnO (a = 3.250 nm, c = 5.207 nm, c/a = 1.602, JCPDS file 36-1451).

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Lin, BC., Shen, P. & Chen, SY. Core–shell cermet condensates by pulsed-laser ablation on Zn in TEOS. J Nanopart Res 16, 2444 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2444-9

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