Bartolomé Vílchez, JavierMaestre Varea, DavidAmati, MateoCremades Rodríguez, Ana IsabelPiqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier2023-06-202023-06-202011-04-281932-744710.1021/jp201076shttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43987©2011 American Chemical Society. This work was supported by MCINN (MAT2009-07882, CSD2009-00013) and UCM-BSCH (GR58-08).Micropyramids of zinc-doped indium oxide have been grown by thermal treatments of compacted InN and ZnO powders at temperatures between 700:and 900 degrees C Under argon flow. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDS) mappings as well as local EDS spectra enable the identification of rough surfaces of the pyramids with the nucleation of a shell of nanocrystallites with high Zn/In ratio because of the formation of Zn(k)In(2)O(k+3). Some of the pyramids have a truncated tip with pinholes with regular crystalline facets. The apexes of these pinhole's present a hollow core or nanopipe The possible relation of the nanopipes with a dislocation driven growth is discussed. A growth model is proposed from the morphology evolution of the pyramids during the formation of the In(2)O(3)-ZnO (IZO) compound X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and microscopy (XPS-ESCA) Measurements are used to discuss the Zn incorporation as a dopant and the formation of Zn(k)In(2)O(k+3) ternaries. Cathodoluminescence (CL) in the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows a dependence of the luminescence of the microstructures on the Zn concentration and the growth temperature.engjournal articlehttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp201076shttp://pubs.acs.orgrestricted access538.9Oxide NanowiresIndium OxideNanostructuresTwistFísica (Física)22 Física