Self-organized Zn/ZnO core-shelled hierarchical structures prepared by aqueous chemical growth

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1163-1167

  Kuan, C Y ^a   Chou, J M ^b   Leu, I C ^c   Hon, M H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANOWIRES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS CHEMICAL GROWTH; FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; FOIL SUBSTRATE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 42949176111     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0146     Document Type: Article

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