Effect of electroless copper on the growth of ZnO nanowires

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2348-2353

  Chiou, Wen Ting ^a   Wu, Wan Yu ^a   Ting, Jyh Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METALLIZING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; TENSILE STRESS; THIN FILMS;

CATALYTIC GROWTH; ELECTROLESS COPPER; NANOWIRES; RADIO FREQUENCY REACTIVE SPUTTER DEPOSITION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 29144534082     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2005.0286     Document Type: Article

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