Studies on ZnO nanorods

International Journal of Nanoparticles

Volumn 2, Issue 1-6, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Tripathi, Karunapati ^a   Husain, M ^a   Salah, Numan A ^b   Habib, Sami S ^b   El Hamidy, S M Abdallah ^b   Zahed, Nabeel Zaki ^b   Khan, Zishan H ^b  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Scanning electron microscope; SEM; TEM; Transmission electron microscope; UV Vis spectra; X ray diffraction; XRD; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350613295     PISSN: 17532507     EISSN: 17532515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijnp.2009.028747     Document Type: Article

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