Rapid growth of ZnO hexagonal prism crystals by direct microwave heating

Rare Metals

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-521

  ZHU, Zhenqi ^a   ZHOU, Jian ^a   LIU, Guizhen ^a   REN, Zhiguo ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

microwave heating; prism crystal; vapor growth; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEATING; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; OXIDES; PRISMS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; X RAY ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

HEXAGONAL PRISMS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; METAL CATALYSTS; MORPHO-LOGIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PURE CRYSTALS; RAPID GROWTHS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SHORT TIMES; SHORT WAVES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TRANSPORT AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSIONS; VAPOR GROWTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; ZNO CRYSTALS; ZNO POWDERS;

POWDERS;

EID: 55149094332     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0521(08)60173-4     Document Type: Article

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