Fabrication and characterization of tetrapod-like ZnO nanostructures prepared by catalyst-free thermal evaporation

Materials Characterization

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-133

  Feng, Libing ^a   Liu, Aihua ^a   Liu, Mei ^a   Ma, Yuying ^a   Wei, Jing ^a   Man, Baoyuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanostructures; Photoluminescence; Thermal evaporation; Zinc oxide (ZnO)

Indexed keywords

CATALYST-FREE THERMAL EVAPORATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRUMS; GREEN EMISSION PEAKS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SEM; TEM; TETRAPOD-LIKE ZNO; UV EMISSIONS; WURTZITES; ZINC POWDER; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; FILM GROWTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METALLIC FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SAPPHIRE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 73449131825     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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