Aqueous synthesis towards vertically-aligned and selective pattern of ZnO nanostructures arrays

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-12

  Ho, Ghim Wei ^a   Wong, Andrew See Weng ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Nanorods; Vertically aligned; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; HIGHLY ORDERED ARRAYS; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; HYDROTHERMAL; INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; INORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; ORGANIC ADDITIVES; PROCESSABLE; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; VERTICALLY-ALIGNED; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC WIRE; LITHOGRAPHY; NANORODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 70350512012     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.67.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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