Phonon confinement and size effect in Raman spectra of ZnO nanoparticles

We study Raman spectra of ZnO nanoparticles of 5–12 nm size in the whole range of the first-order phonon bands. We apply the 3D phonon confinement model (PCM) for the interpretation of the observed Raman spectra. It is found that PCM is well applicable to the acoustic modes as well as to the optical...

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Main Authors: Vitaly I. Korepanov, Si-Yuan Chan, Hsu-Cheng Hsu, Hiro-o Hamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018381611