Microstructural properties of Fe-doped ZnO thin films and first-principals calculations

International Journal of Nanoparticles

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-279

  Bensalem, R ^a   Sammar, S ^a   Alleg, S ^a   Ibrir, M ^b   OudjertIi, S ^a   Aida, M S ^c   Sunol J J ^d  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF M'SILA   (Algeria)

^c Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FP LAPW; Nanostructured materials; Spray pyrolysis; XRD; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957985899     PISSN: 17532507     EISSN: 17532515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2010.035883     Document Type: Article

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