Titania-germanium nanocomposite for photo-thermo-electric application

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 26, 2008, Pages

  Chatterjee, Sukti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANO COMPOSITES; TITANIA;

GERMANIUM;

GERMANIUM; NANOCOMPOSITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICE; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 44949196676     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/26/265701     Document Type: Article

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