Influence of Y-doped induced defects on the optical and magnetic properties of ZnO nanorod arrays prepared by low-temperature hydrothermal process

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kung, Chung Yuan ^a   Young, San Lin ^b   Chen, Hone Zern ^b   Kao, Ming Cheng ^b   Horng, Lance ^c   Shih, Yu Tai ^c   Lin, Chen Cheng ^a   Lin, Teng Tsai ^a   Ou, Chung Jen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetism; Photoluminescence; Saturation magnetization; Wurtzite; Y doped ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FERROMAGNETISM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; MAGNETIC PERFORMANCE; SILICON SUBSTRATES; VISIBLE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; WURTZITES; Y-DOPED; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84864025939     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-372     Document Type: Article

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