Ultraviolet electroluminescence from zinc oxide nanorods/deoxyribonucleic acid hybrid bio light-emitting diode

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gupta, Rohini Bhardwaj ^a   Nagpal, Swati ^b   Arora, Swati ^c   Bhatnagar, Pramod Kumar ^a   Mathur, Parmatma Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Burstein Moss effect; Electroluminescence; Ultraviolet light emitting diodes; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; DIODES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANORODS; ZINC OXIDE;

BAND-EDGE EMISSIONS; BURSTEIN-MOSS EFFECTS; CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM; ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER; EMISSIVE MATERIALS; ULTRAVIOLET ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ZINC OXIDE NANORODS;

LIGHT;

EID: 80755147211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3618630     Document Type: Article

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