Synthesis of FeO nanorods on silicon substrate using annealing technique

Abstract

We have synthesized nanorods of FeO by annealing FeCl3 on silicon substrate at 950 oC in presence of H2 gas diluted in argon (Ar). Field emission electron microscopy (FESEM), Energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) and High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) techniques have been used to characterize the nanorods. HRTEM study shows crystalline formation of nanorods. The electron diffraction pattern along viewing direction (111) and HRTEM show the interplaner distance equal to 2.17 Å which is nearly equal to the slandered value 2.3 Å of the FeO, EDX data also confirmed nanorods of FeO.