Sintering of hierarchically structured ZnO

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2125-2134

  König, Markus ^a   Höhn, Sören ^b   Hoffmann, Rudolf ^a   Suffner, Jens ^c   Lauterbach, Stefan ^a   Weiler, Ludwig ^a   Guillon, Olivier ^a   Rodel, Jürgen ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; DIFFERENT SCALE; DILATOMETRY; ION BEAM METHOD; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED PROCESS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; SPHERICAL AGGLOMERATES; ZINC ACETYLACETONATE; ZNO;

AGGLOMERATION; DENSIFICATION; GAS ADSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 78049518753     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0288     Document Type: Article

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