Hierarchical assembly of ZnO nanostructures on SnO2 backbone nanowires: Low-temperature hydrothermal preparation and optical properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3069-3076

  Cheng, Chuanwei ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Yang, Huiying ^a   Zhou, Weiwei ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Chen, Rui ^a   Yu, Siu Fung ^a   Zhang, Jixuan ^b   Gong, Hao ^b   Sun, Handong ^a   Fan, Hong Jin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Branch hierarchical; Hydrothermal; Lasing; Nanowire; SnO2; ZnO

Indexed keywords

NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TEMPERATURE;

BRANCH HIERARCHICAL; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL PREPARATION; LASING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; SNO2; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 70350663024     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900848x     Document Type: Article

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