Controlling the assembly of nanocrystalline ZnO films by a transient amorphous phase in solution

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5373-5383

  Lipowsky, Peter ^a   Hedin, Niklas ^b   Bill, Joachim ^a   Hoffmann, Rudolf C ^a   Ahniyaz, Anwar ^b,c   Aldinger, Fritz ^a   Bergstrom, Lennart ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; METALLIC FILMS; METASTABLE PHASES; METHANOL; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDES; POLYMER FILMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RATE CONSTANTS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); AMORPHOUS PHASE; AMORPHOUS PHASES; BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESSES; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION PROCESSES; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYNAMIC LIGHT; FILM FORMATIONS; HIGH QUALITY (HQ); M ETHANOL SOLUTION; METASTABLE PHASE; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; NEEDLE LIKE; OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS; POLY(N-VINYL-2-PYRROLIDONE) (PVP); PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION SOLUTIONS; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS (SAMS); SUBSTRATE SURFACES; TRANSFORMATION RATES; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOCRYSTALS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 47149105469     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp077201a     Document Type: Article

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