Photoluminescence investigation of crystalline undoped ZnO nanostructures constructed by RF sputtering

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 934-942

  Ghafouri, V ^a   Shariati, M ^a   Ebrahimzad, A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Photoluminescence; RF sputtering; Single crystalline; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REACTIVE SPUTTERING; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AGGLOMERATED NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INVESTIGATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RADIO-FREQUENCY SPUTTERING; RF-SPUTTERING; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMETER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLASS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SAMPLING; SUBSTRATE; ZINC;

EID: 84863646621     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scient.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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