Articles you may be interested in On the origin of enhanced photoconduction and photoluminescence from Au and Ti nanoparticles decorated aligned ZnO nanowire heterostructures The ZnO nanowires synthesized by vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism with Cu and Au as the catalyst were investigated. The principal differences in morphology between Cu and Au catalyzed ZnO nanowires are observed and lead to significant differences in their field emission and photofluorescent characteristics. The Cu

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... zed ZnO nanowires with a high-quality wurtzite structure were grown vertically on p-type Si͑100͒ substrate along ͓0002͔ direction. A strong ultraviolet emission at 381 nm is observed. These ZnO nanowires show excellent field emission properties with turn-on field of 0.83 V/m and corresponding current density of 25 A/cm 2 . The emitted current density of the ZnO nanowires is 1.52 mA/cm 2 at a bias field of 8.5 V/m. The large field emission area factor, ␤ arising from the morphology of the nanowire field emitter, is partly responsible for the good emission characteristics. The ZnO nanowires with high emission current density and low turn-on field are expected to be used in field emission flat panel display.