We examine the hypothesis that selective adsorption to a particular face of ZnO is responsible for the ability of small organic molecules to control the aspect ratio of ZnO crystals during hydrothermal synthesis. Large, single crystals of ZnO were prepared such that the vast majority of a surface consisted of a single crystal plane, as shown by atomic force microscopy, and the adsorption to a single crystal plane was determined by attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy. The results show that citrate strongly and selectively adsorbs to the (0001) face. Similarly, results show that ethylenediamine selectively adsorbs to the (1010) face. Each of these results separately shows a correlation between selective adsorption to and growth of large areas of a particular face, and thus, each result is consistent with the proposed hypothesis.
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