Ultraviolet photoconductance of a single hexagonal Wo3 nanowire

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-287

  Huang, Kai ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Yang, Feng ^b   He, Deyan ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hexagonal WO3 nanowire; Photodetector; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949437005     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1031-3     Document Type: Article

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