Bashir Ahmmad
In recent years, metal oxide nanoparticles have attracted substantial interest because of their unique optical, magnetic, and electronic properties, which are different from their bulk and highly dependent on their sizes, shape, orientation, and crystallinities. Among various transition metal oxide nanostructures, ZnO and TiO2 are particularly important due to their positive qualities, such as low cost, good stability, nontoxicity, and their applications in electronic devices (such as, sensors, solar cell), catalysis, and adsorption. The one-dimensional and porous nanostructured films of metal oxides with very large internal surfaces offer a number of fascinating features that are advantageous in designing optoelectronic devices and sensors. In this work, we report the synthesis and characterization of self-aligned nanostructured thin films of ZnO and TiO2 by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and anodization methods, respectively. The as-prepared films were characterized by XRD, SEM, and XPS analysis.