Abstract
Arrays of single-crystalline aluminum nitride nanotubes (AlNNTs) were successfully synthesized at 780 °C by a facile CVD method without templates or catalysts. Faceted hexagonal AlNNTs with diameters from tens to hundreds of nanometers were observed. 264 nm deep-ultraviolet emission associated with Al vacancies was detected by photoluminescence. Raman characterization indicates that the lattice of the AlNNTs is notably defective, and disorder-activated silent B1 (low) and B1 (high) were detected at 583.0 and 730.0 cm−1 respectively, which were allowed by the breakdown of the translational crystal symmetry. The redshift of E2 (high) Raman modes indicates that biaxial tensile stress exists in the samples.
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