A long ZnO nanorod array with good verticality and thin diameter is synthesized from a single solution by the hydrothermal route. Prior to the growth, a ZnO seed layer with the c-axis texturing and the monolayer distribution is deposited on the substrate by a modified sol-gel spin coating process. A molecule adsorption stabilization mechanism is proposed to explain the seed orientation. Factors affecting the ZnO nanorod growth are systematically investigated. The critical conditions for the rod growth are obtained by changing the polyethyleneimine amount and the pH. The results suggest that the verticality of the array depends heavily on the seed orientation. The atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that the crystallinity and the initial strain relaxation determine the growth activation energy and the rod diameter size.

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Bi3.7Nd0.3Ti3O12 (BNT0.3) films were fabricated on indium tin oxide/glass substrates using a metal organic decomposition method at temperatures ranging from 500° to 650°C. A predominantly (100)‐oriented BNT0.3 film can be obtained even at 550°C. The growth mode of the predominantly (100)‐oriented BNT0.3 films fabricated by the sequential layer annealing method was discussed based on the structure evolution with the annealing temperature and the film thickness. The largest values of the remanent polarization and piezoresponse are observed in the BNT0.3 film annealed at 650°C, which can be ascribed to the grain growth and the release of the in‐plane residue tension stress.

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