Large-scale metal oxide nanostructures on template-patterned microbowls: A simple method for growth of hierarchical structures

Materials Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-393

  Yu, Ting ^a   Varghese, Binni ^b   Shen, Zexiang ^a   Lim, Chwee Teck ^b   Sow, Chorng Haur ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

73.63.Bd; 78.67.Bf; 81.16.Rf

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEATING; MICROSPHERES; POLYSTYRENES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; MICROBOWLS;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 36549029945     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2007.05.045     Document Type: Article

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