Intense ultraviolet emission from needle-like WO 3 nanostructures synthesized by noncatalytic thermal evaporation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Park, Sunghoon ^a   Kim, Hyunsu ^a   Jin, Changhyun ^a   Lee, Chongmu ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCALIZED STATE; NANO POWDERS; NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET EMISSIONS; NEEDLE-LIKE; NON-CATALYTIC; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE STATE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION;

NANOSTRUCTURES; NEEDLES; OXIDES; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 84862938677     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-451     Document Type: Article

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