Abstract
Among various growth processes, hydrothermal synthesis has been widely employed to produce ZnO nanowires because of its simplicity and cost effectiveness. However, the successful hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanowires on multi-layered polymer structures has been limited due to growth inhibitors in the polymer. For example, alpha-hydroxy ketone resolved in a UV-curable polyurethane acrylate (PUA) resin forms carboxyl groups (COOH) consisting of hydroxyl groups (OH) on the α-position of a carbonyl group (CO) during the UV-curing process. The carboxyl groups suppress the nucleation and growth of ZnO nanowires. In this paper, multi-layered polymer structures were fabricated by liquid transfer imprint lithography (LTIL), and the enriched carboxyl groups on the UV-cured PUA structures were pre-treated with hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) solution to reduce the inhibitive influence of the carboxyl groups. The HMTA pre-treatment enabled ZnO nanowires to grow hydrothermally on multi-layered PUA structures despite the initial presence of carboxyl groups.
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