Structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films derived from clear emulsion of monodispersed ZnO nanocrystals

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2243-2251

  Inoguchi, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Keigo ^a   Tanaka, Nobuhiko ^a   Kageyama, Keisuke ^a   Takagi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MURATA MANUFACTURING CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; AVERAGE SIZE; COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; DENSE FILMS; GREEN LUMINESCENCE; IN-BAND; LATTICE DEFECTS; MICROEMULSION METHOD; MONO-DISPERSED; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPIN-COATINGS; STOKES SHIFT; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV-EMITTING; ZNO NANOCRYSTAL; ZNO NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EMULSIFICATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 68149091650     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0277     Document Type: Article

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