Large ZnO mesocrystals of hexagonal columnar morphology derived from liquid crystal templates

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3267-3275

  Li, Hui ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Liu, Hongfei ^b   Wang, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CETYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDES; COLUMNAR MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GROWTH PROCESS; INTERNAL SURFACES; LARGE POPULATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL TEMPLATE; MESOCRYSTALS; MESOPOROSITY; PHASE ANALYSIS; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; ZNO;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 80053965668     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04498.x     Document Type: Article

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