Hydrothermal zinc oxide nanowire growth using zinc acetate dihydrate salt

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1445-1451

  Akgun, Mehmet Can ^a   Kalay, Yunus Eren ^a   Unalan, Husnu Emrah ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPING AGENT; CONCENTRATION RATIO; GROWTH PARAMETERS; GROWTH TIME; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC NITRATES; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES; ZINC SOURCES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ASPECT RATIO; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84861128926     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.92     Document Type: Article

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