Self assembled ZnO hollow spheres and hexagonal stacking disks by metal-organic chemical-vapour deposition

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-701

  Tan, S T ^a   Sun, X W ^a,d,e   Zhang, X H ^b   Chua, S J ^b,f,g   Chow, S Y ^b   Yong, A M ^b   Lo, G Q ^c,d   Kwong, D L ^c,h,i,j  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^d IEEE

^e Society for Information Display

^f SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^h Institute of Microelectronics

ⁱ Institute of Microelectronics ^*

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Hollow spheres; MOCVD; Nanostructures; Wide bandgap semiconductors; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

HEXAGONAL STACKING DISKS; HOLLOW SPHERES; WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 38149010626     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2007.015464     Document Type: Article

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