Nanostructure of ZnO fabricated via French process and its correlation to electrical properties of semiconducting varistors

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-159

  Mahmud, Shahrom ^a,d   Abdullah, Mat Johar ^a   Putrus, Ghanim A ^b   Chong, John ^c   Mohamad, A Karim ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Approfit Zinc Oxide Manufacturing Sdn Bhd ^*  (Malaysia)

^d University of Sciences   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

French process; Nanostructure; Varistor; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645550409     PISSN: 15533174     EISSN: 15533182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533170500524462     Document Type: Article

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