Crystallographically-oriented nanoassembly by ZnS tricrystals and subsequent three-dimensional epitaxy

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 688-694

  Zhu, Yingchun ^a   Ruan, Qichao ^a   Xu, Fangfang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallograpically controlled chemical process; Nanoassembly; Three dimensional epitaxy; ZnS tricrystal

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350291214     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9072-1     Document Type: Article

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