Extracting structural parameters of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films annealed at different temperatures

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2954-2960

  Solookinejad, Gh ^a   Jabbari, M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Annealing temperature; Fractal analysis; Surface morphology; X ray diffractometery; Zinc acetate dihydrate monoethanolamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960826071     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2954.2960     Document Type: Article

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