Sulfur-doped zinc oxide (ZnO) Nanostars: Synthesis and simulation of growth mechanism

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-26

  Cho, Jinhyun ^a   Lin, Qiubao ^b,c   Yang, Sungwoo ^b   Simmons Jr , Jay G ^b   Cheng, Yingwen ^b   Lin, Erica ^b   Yang, Jianqiu ^b   Foreman, John V ^d   Everitt, Henry O ^b,d   Yang, Weitao ^b   Kim, Jungsang ^a   Liu, Jie ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d US Army Aviation and Missile Command   (United States)

Author keywords

ab initio simulation; growth mechanism; hexagram; sulfur doping; thiourea; ZnO nanostar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855555261     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0180-3     Document Type: Article

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