On the preparation of ZnO-CdO nanocomposites

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-403

  Sundar, S Meenakshi ^a   Mahadevan, C K ^a   Ramanathan, P ^a  

^a S T HINDU COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Band gap energy; EDX analysis; Grain size; II VI compounds; Material composition; Nanocomposites; Nanocrystals; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Optical properties; Semiconductors; Solvothermal method; UV Vis NIR spectra; XRD

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLVOTHERMAL METHODS; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 33947694241     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910701190998     Document Type: Article

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