Fabrication of optical device arrays using patterned growth of ZnO nanostructures

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 444-447

  Mazloumi, Mahyar ^a   Mandal, Himadri S ^a   Tang, Xiaowu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lithography; micro nanodevice fabrication; optoelectronics; patterned growth; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CATALYST-FREE; CONVENTIONAL LITHOGRAPHY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; MICRO DEVICES; ON/OFF RATIO; PATTERNED GROWTH; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SYNTHESIS METHOD; UV ILLUMINATIONS; ZNO; ZNO DEVICES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84860861554     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2012.2183885     Document Type: Article

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