Microreactor for high-yield chemical bath deposition of semiconductor nanowires: ZnO nanowire case study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5954-5961

  McPeak, Kevin M ^a   Baxter, Jason B ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDE NANOWIRES; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; DENSE ARRAYS; HEATED SUBSTRATES; INDUCTION TIME; MICRO-REACTOR; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RAPID-HEATING; REACTION CHANNELS; REACTOR WALLS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SUBMILLIMETER; THERMAL MASS; TRANSPORT LENGTH; WELL-ALIGNED; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES;

DEPOSITION RATES; ELECTRIC WIRE; NANOWIRES; OXIDE FILMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 67650841612     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801405d     Document Type: Article

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