Investigation on optical properties of ZnO nanowires by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-233

  Zhang, Z H ^a   Qi, X Y ^a   Jian, J K ^a   Duan, X F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ab initio Calculation; EELS; Optical properties; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCIES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 30844470694     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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