Drop shaped zinc oxide quantum dots and their self-assembly into dendritic nanostructures: Liquid assisted pulsed laser ablation and characterizations

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2211-2218

  Singh, Subhash C ^a   Gopal, Ram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Dendritic nanostructures; Diffuse reflectance; Drop shaped quantum dots; Laser ablation in liquid media; Liquid assisted laser processing; Nanostructural evolution; Photoluminescence spectroscopy; Self assembly; Semiconductor materials

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ASPECT RATIO; BINARY ALLOYS; CHARACTERIZATION; DEFECTS; DROPS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER ABLATION; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; REFLECTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ZINC OXIDE;

DENDRITIC NANOSTRUCTURES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; LASER ABLATION IN LIQUID; LASER PROCESS; NANOSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 84855545625     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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