Growth and microstructural characterization of catalyst-free ZnO nanostructures grown on sapphire and GaN by thermal evaporation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 937-942

  Kong, Bo Hyun ^a   Cho, Hyung Koun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; EPILAYERS; EPITAXIAL FILMS; LATTICE MISMATCH; MORPHOLOGY; SAPPHIRE; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL EVAPORATION; ZINC OXIDE;

OXYGEN DENSITIES;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 34247383081     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0108     Document Type: Article

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