Effect of precipitation temperature and organic additives on size and morphology of ZnO nanoparticles

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1452-1461

  Altintaş, Özlem ^a   Durucan, Caner ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

chemical synthesis; morphology; nanostructure

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ABILITY; CHELATING AGENT; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC ADDITIVES; ORGANIC MOLECULES; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE; SPHERICAL ZNO; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZINC SOURCES; ZNO CRYSTALS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ADSORPTION; CHELATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84861154289     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.58     Document Type: Article

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