Direct growth of enclosed ZnO nanotubes

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-209

  Liu, Bin ^a   Zeng, Hua Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Nanotubes; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249142217     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9018-7     Document Type: Article

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