Formation of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures "nanocombs": Growth mechanism, structural and optical properties

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 793-797

  Umar, Ahmad ^a   Kim, Sang Hoon ^a   Hahn, Yoon Bong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comb like nanostructures; Room temperature photoluminescence (PL); Thermal evaporation process; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SILICON; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC PLATING; ZINC SULFIDE;

AS-GROWN; CRYSTALLINITY; DEEP LEVEL EMISSION (DLE); EVAPORATION PROCESS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HEXAGONAL PHASE; HIERARCHICAL ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH YIELD; HIGH-DENSITY; METALLIC ZINC POWDER; NANOCOMBS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE (RT-PL); SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SOURCE MATERIALS; SUBSTRATE SURFACES; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) EMISSION; WURTZITE (WZ); X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD) PATTERNS;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 47349096299     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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