Controllable synthesis of hierarchical ZnO microstructures via a hydrothermal route

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 741-744

  Wang, Libo ^a   Fan, Yanping ^a   Bala, Hari ^a   Sun, Guang ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; MIXED SOLVENT; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; XRD; ZNO; ZNO MICROSTRUCTURES; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANORODS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MICROSPHERE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOROD; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84862907496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2011.0149     Document Type: Article

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