Synthesis and characterization of CuO nanowires by a simple wet chemical method

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ethiraj, Anita Sagadevan ^a   Kang, Dae Joon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; POLYOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

COPPER OXIDE NANOWIRES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; MONOCLINIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MORPHOLOGIES; STABILIZATION EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTRA;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84856047738     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-70     Document Type: Article

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