The purpose of this experiment is to synthesize 1-D zinc oxide nanorods using micro-emulsion and calcination. The precursor of nano-sized zinc precipitate was first synthesized using micro-emulsion process. Nano-sized zinc oxide with equi-axial particle form could be synthesized using calcinations, but 1-D zinc oxide was failed to obtain. For producing 1-D zinc oxide nanorods, zinc precipitate mixed with active carbon was calcined, and 1-D zinc oxide was formed at the temperature of above 500℃. The vapor-solid mechanism can be used to interpret the nucleation and crystal growth.