The growth and optical properties of ZnO nanowalls

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1940-1945

  Brewster, Megan M ^a   Lu, Ming Yen ^a   Lim, Sung Keun ^a   Smith, Matthew J ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^a   Gradečak, Silvija ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; CONDENSATION GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; GREEN LUMINESCENCE; GROWTH MECHANISMS; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; NANO SCALE; NANOWALLS; NANOWIRE GROWTH; NEAR BAND EDGE; SEED PARTICLE; SOURCE FLUX; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT; VAPOR TRANSPORT; ZNO NANOWALLS;

GOLD; LUMINESCENCE; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 79961241152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2008775     Document Type: Article

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