Synthesis and characterization of aligned ZnO/ BeO core/shell nanocable arrays on glass substrate

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Zhou, Minjie ^a   Yi, Zao ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Zhang, Jicheng ^a   Wu, Weidong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

Heterostructure; Microstructure; Optical properties; Type i band alignment

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; CORE/SHELL; DEEP-ULTRAVIOLET REGIONS; DEFECTS EMISSIONS; EFFECTIVE SUPPRESSION; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GROWTH BEHAVIOR; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; NANO SCALE; NANOCABLE ARRAYS; NANOCABLES; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; SAMPLE MORPHOLOGY; TYPE I BAND ALIGNMENT; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ZNO NANOWIRES;

GLASS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84862945640     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-506     Document Type: Article

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