Nanomaterial electronic structure investigation by valence electron energy loss spectroscopy-An example of doped ZnO nanowires

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 703-708

  Wang, Juan ^a   Li, Quan ^a   Ronning, C ^b   Stichtenoth, D ^b   Muller S ^b   Tang, D ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Zero loss peak; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; DISSOCIATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ERBIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; POWER GENERATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

BAND GAPS; BAND TAIL STATES; DEFECT STATES; DOPING EFFECTS; EEL SPECTRA; IMPLANTATION PROCESS; LOW LOSSES; LOWER ENERGIES; MONOCHROMATOR; NANO MATERIALS; SPECTRUM ACQUISITION; SPECTRUM ENERGY; STRUCTURE INFORMATION; STRUCTURE INVESTIGATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (TEM); VALENCE ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY (VEELS); ZERO LOSS PEAK (ZLP); ZERO MOMENTUM; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOWIRES; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 48149110107     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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