ZnO nanowires from nanopillars: Influence of growth time

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-484

  Sangpour, P ^a   Roozbehi, M ^a   Akhavan, O ^a   Moshfegh, A Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Au naoparticles; Catalyst; SEM; VLS; ZnO nanorodes; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

AU NAOPARTICLES; SEM; VLS; ZNO NANORODES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC WIRE; GOLD; NANORODS; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

NANOMATERIAL; NANOROD; NANOWIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; LIQUID; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 70350759668     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341309789377998     Document Type: Article

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