Studies of Electronic Excitations of Rectangular ZnO Nanorods by Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

Plasmonics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Wu, Chien Ting ^a   Chu, Ming Wen ^a   Liu, Chuan Pu ^b   Chen, Kuei Hsien ^c   Chen, Li Chyong ^a   Chen, Chun Wei ^a   Chen, Cheng Hsuan ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EELS; EFTEM; Electronic excitations; STEM; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857994632     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9284-6     Document Type: Article

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