Building block-tunable synthesis of self-assembled ZnO quasi-microspheres via a facile liquid process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 370-377

  Tang, Lanqin ^a,b   Yang, Shaofeng ^c   Guo, Yupeng ^b   Zhou, Bing ^b  

^a YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building blocks; Microspheres; Self assembled; ZnO

Indexed keywords

3D ARCHITECTURES; BUILDING BLOCKES; COUNTERIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROWTH MODIFIERS; LIQUID PROCESS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; PL SPECTRA; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PREPARATION PARAMETERS; RAMAN SPECTRA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; TEM; TRIETHANOLAMINES; ULTRAVIOLET EMITTERS; WURTZITE STRUCTURE; XRD; ZNO;

AGGLOMERATION; BUILDINGS; LIQUIDS; MICROSPHERES; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ZETA POTENTIAL; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 78149497046     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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