Microstructure evolution of zinc oxide films derived from dip-coating sol-gel technique: Formation of nanorods through orientation attachment

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Huang, Nan ^a   Sun, Chao ^a   Zhu, Mingwei ^b   Zhang, Bin ^a   Gong, Jun ^a   Jiang, Xin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL CONTENT; AL INCORPORATION; AL-CONCENTRATION; ATTACHMENT MECHANISM; DIP COATING; DOPING EFFECTS; GRANULAR GRAINS; GRANULAR STRUCTURESS; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; NANOROD ARRAYS; ORIENTED STRUCTURE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE WURTZITE; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; TEM; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO:AL THIN FILMS;

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; GELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 79957850697     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/26/265612     Document Type: Article

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