Template-free electrodeposition of highly oriented and aspect-ratio controlled ZnO hexagonal columnar arrays

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 25, 2012, Pages

  Antohe, Vlad Andrei ^a   Gence, Loïk ^a   Srivastava, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Piraux, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMNAR ARRAYS; CRYSTALLINITIES; HEXAGONAL SYMMETRY; LARGE ARRAYS; NANO-COLUMNS; SI SUBSTRATES; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TEMPLATE-FREE ELECTRODEPOSITION; ZNO;

ELECTRODEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84861896041     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/25/255602     Document Type: Article

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