Oxidation of etched Zn foil for the formation of ZnO nanostructure

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 509, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6806-6811

  Tan, W K ^a   Razak, K Abdul ^a   Ibrahim, K ^a   Lockman, Zainovia ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nanostructured materials; Oxidation; Oxide materials

Indexed keywords

BLUE EMISSION; GREEN EMISSIONS; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; OXIDATION TEMPERATURE; OXIDE GRAINS; OXIDE MATERIALS; ROD STRUCTURE; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

LUMINESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OXIDATION;

EID: 79956208112     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2011.03.055     Document Type: Article

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