In-situ formation of Cu metal crystals within nanostructured ZnO electrospun fibers

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2683-2685

  Wu, Yiquan ^a   Dong, Zexuan ^a   Jenness, Nathan J ^a   Clark, Robert L ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterojunctions Ceramics; Nanostructured materials Sol gel processes Microstructure

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; METAL NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED ZNO; POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79959566396     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.05.086     Document Type: Article

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