A simple route to vertical array of quasi-1d zno nanofilms on fto surfaces: 1d-crystal growth of nanoseeds under ammonia-assisted hydrolysis process

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-12

  Umar, Akrajas Ali ^a   Rahman, Mohd Yusri Abd ^b   Taslim, Rika ^b   Salleh, Muhamad Mat ^a   Oyama, Munetaka ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis process; Nanofilms; Seed mediated method; Vertical array; Zno quasi nrs

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; GROWTH PERIOD; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH QUALITY; NANO FILMS; NANOSEEDS; PURE ZNO; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; SEED-MEDIATED METHOD; SIMPLE METHOD; VERTICAL ARRAY; XRD; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC COMPLEX; ZINC SALTS; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

AMMONIA; CRYSTAL GROWTH; HYDROLYSIS; NANORODS; SALTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84856066674     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-564     Document Type: Article

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