Self-assembled thienylsilane molecule as interfacial layer for ZnO nanowire/polymer hybrid system

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Xu, Tingting ^a   Chen, Qiliang ^a   Lin, Dai Hong ^b   Wu, Hsueh Yu ^b   Lin, Ching Fuh ^b   Qiao, Qiquan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electropolymerization; In situ polymerization; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; INTERFACIAL LAYER; MOLECULAR LAYER; NUCLEATION SITES; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SILANE FUNCTIONALIZATION; SURFACE MODIFIED LAYER; SURFACE MODIFIERS; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO SURFACE;

HYBRID SYSTEMS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILANES; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 80053575152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3554662     Document Type: Article

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