A template-free sol-gel technique for controlled growth of ZnO nanorod arrays

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 6026-6033

  Huang, N ^a   Zhu, M W ^b   Gao, L J ^a   Gong, J ^a   Sun, C ^a   Jiang, X ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Nanostructure; Sol gel technique; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

C-AXIS ORIENTATIONS; CONTROLLED GROWTH; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE WURTZITE; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANORODS;

EID: 79953023963     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.01.112     Document Type: Article

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