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Reversed crystal growth of ZnO microdisks
Katherine Self1, Huajun Zhou, Heather F Greer
1EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
Abstract:
Hexagonal ZnO microdisks are grown and then selectively dissolved to form microstadiums. Analysis of the growth and dissolution of the microdisks revealed that they follow a reversed crystal growth mechanism, i.e. aggregation of precursors followed by surface crystallization and extension of crystallization from the surface to the core.

