Spectromicroscopy and photoluminescence analysis of prickly ZnO nanostructures

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1311-1318

  Abyaneh, Majid Kazemian ^a,b   Jafarkhani, Shiva ^c   Gregoratti, Luca ^a   Kulkani, Sulabha ^d  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Photoluminescence; SPEM; Synthesis; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBONDING; BLUE EMISSION; COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE; GREEN EMISSIONS; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE; HYDROTHERMAL; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; ORBITALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMICROSCOPY; SPEM; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; VALENCE BAND ANALYSIS; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79956094972     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0125-x     Document Type: Article

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