@article { ISI:000369679500020,
	title = {Synthesis and self-assembly of dumbbell shaped ZnO sub-micron structures using low temperature chemical bath deposition technique},
	journal = {Materials Chemistry and Physics},
	volume = {169},
	year = {2016},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {152-157},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA},
	address = {PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND},
	abstract = {<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>},
	keywords = {Electron microscopy (STEM, Microstructure, Nanostructures, Optical properties, Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and scattering, TEM and SEM)},
	issn = {0254-0584},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.11.042},
	author = {Borade, P. and Joshi, K. U. and Gokarna, A. and Lerondel, G. and Walke, P. and Late, Dattatray J. and Jejurikar, S. M.}
}
@article {43975,
	title = {Ultrananocrystalline diamond decoration on to the single wall carbon nano tubes},
	journal = {Applied Surface Science},
	volume = { 418},
	year = {2017},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {401-405},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {<p>We have demonstrated the decoration of the ultrananocrystalline diamonds on single walled carbon nanotubes using a hot filament assisted chemical vapor deposition. Study reveals the critical influence of the filament to substrate distance on the formation of ultrananocrystalline diamonds on to the single walled carbon nanotubes. It is also observed that etching of carbon nanotubes, due to the presence of unavoidable atomic hydrogen throughout the chemical vapor deposition processes, can be significantly reduced by adjusting the filament to substrate distance. Morphological and structural investigations performed using high resolution transmission electron microscope suggests the growth of ultrananocrystalline diamond is subsequent to the formation of crystalline sp2 carbon layer on the nanotube wall, enabling us to suggest a growth model. The composite synthesized can be thought not only to use as a fuel cell catalyst support but also as chemical sensors, bio-sensors and micro electromechanical systems (MEMS).</p>},
	keywords = {Carbon nanotubes, Composite Coating, Electron microscopy (STEM, Nanostructures, TEM and SEM)},
	doi = { 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.12.057},
	author = {Sinha, B. and Late, D. and Jejurikar, S.M.}
}
