NH 4 + directed assembly of zinc oxide micro-tubes from nanoflakes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Weiyi ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Gao, Shian ^a   Shang, Jian Ku ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; NH 4 + directed growth; Self assembly; Zno micro tubes

Indexed keywords

DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; DIRECTED GROWTH; METHYLENE BLUE; MICRO-TUBES; MICROTUBE; NANOFLAKES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; REACTION RATIO; UV ILLUMINATIONS; ZINC SALTS; ZNO;

NANOPARTICLES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SELF ASSEMBLY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84862907936     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-491     Document Type: Article

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