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Morphological and Structural Studies of ZnO Nanotube Films Using Thermal Evaporation Technique

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Simple thermal evaporation technique has been used to prepare Pb-doped ZnO nanotube films on Si (100) substrate. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) characterization have been employed to investigate the element’s contents, which indicates the presence of stoichiometry ZnO nanotube film. The XRD pattern has shown the wurtzite phase of ZnO and polycrystalline structure. Thickness and morphology of the films were explored from the cross sectional of the films and the surface using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. SEM images have confirmed the ZnO nanotubes and modifications of the morphology when adding Pb; the recorded images have proved that the diameter of the nanotubes is about 50 nm. However, AFM and SEM images have shown dense structure (without nanotubes) for non-doped ZnO film (Pb = 0 wt.%).

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Authors would like to thank the Atomic Energy Commission of Syria and B. Abbas and M-D. Zidan for beneficial discussion.

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This study was funded by Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS).

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  1. Department of Physics, Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria

    Bassam Abdallah, Mahmoud Kakhia & Asmahan Obaide

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Conceptualization, writing, and supervision: Bassam Abdallah; methodology: Mahmoud Kakhia; formal analysis and investigation: Mahmoud Kakhia and Asmahan Obaide. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Abdallah, B., Kakhia, M. & Obaide, A. Morphological and Structural Studies of ZnO Nanotube Films Using Thermal Evaporation Technique. Plasmonics 16, 1549–1556 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01420-x

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