Hierarchical structured ZnO nanorods on ZnO nanofibers and their photoresponse to UV and visible lights

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Li, Yinhua ^a   Gong, Jian ^a   Deng, Yulin ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanofiber; UV detector; Visible light detector; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

UV DETECTOR; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT DETECTOR; ZNO NANOROD;

METAL DETECTORS; NANOFIBERS; NANORODS; PHOTODETECTORS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77949283261     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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