Effect of neodymium doping on the structure and optical properties of mesoporous TiO2 thin films

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3 PART 2, 2008, Pages 312-317

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Ooi, Emma ^a   Yuwono, Akhmad Herman ^a   Wang, John ^a   Li, Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Mesoporous; Neodymium; Titania

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249117497     PISSN: 15533174     EISSN: 15533182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533170802023544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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