Synthesis of needle- and flower-like ZnO microstructures by a simple aqueous solution route

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Xie, Juan ^b   Li, Ping ^a   Wang, Yanji ^b   Wei, Yu ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Inorganic compounds; B. Chemical synthesis; B. Crystal growth

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEEDLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

A. INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; B. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; B. CRYSTAL GROWTH; BUILDING BLOCKS; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH RATES; FORMATION PROCESSES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICRO PARTICLES; SOLID PRODUCTS; XRD ANALYSES; ZNO WHISKERS;

SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 57649178450     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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