Synthesis of ZnO nanoflowers and their wettabilities and photocatalytic properties

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 18401-18406

  Guo, Xiaodong ^a   Zhao, Quanzhong ^a   Li, Ruxin ^a   Pan, Huaihai ^a   Guo, Xiaoyang ^b   Yin, Anyuan ^b   Dai, Weilin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLUTIONS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AS-GROWN; FLOWERLIKE ZNO NANOSTRUCTURE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; INFLUENCE FACTORS; LASER DIRECT WRITING; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; RHODAMINE B; TIME-DEPENDENT; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

NANOMATERIAL; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; LASERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RHODAMINES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77956371138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018401     Document Type: Article

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