Structural and electrical properties of single Ga/ZnO nanofibers synthesized by electrospinning

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1672-1679

  Shmueli, Yuval ^a   Shter, Gennady E ^a   Assad, Ossama ^a   Haick, Hossam ^a   Sonntag, Philippe ^b   Ricoux, Philippe ^c   Grader, Gideon S ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Research Center ^*  (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PROCESS; ELECTRICAL AND SENSING PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; GA-DOPED ZNO; LOW-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; OPTIMAL RESULTS; SIGNIFICANT SURFACES; SINTERED FIBERS; SINTERING CONDITION; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES;

DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NANOFIBERS; SINTERING; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862515348     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.118     Document Type: Article

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