Lasing mechanism of ZnO nanowires/nanobelts at room temperature

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 12865-12873

  Zou, Bingsuo ^a,b   Liu, RuiBin ^a,b   Wang, Feifei ^a,b   Pan, Anlian ^a,b   Cao, Li ^a,b   Wang, Zhong L ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DISPLAY DEVICES; EXCITONS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REDUCTION; ZINC OXIDE;

BIPOLARONIC EXCITON CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED REDUCTION REACTION; EXCITON-EXCITON INTERACTION; ZNO NANOWIRES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33746445908     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp061357d     Document Type: Article

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