Near-ultraviolet zinc oxide nanowire sensor using low temperature hydrothermal growth

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 34, 2012, Pages

  Swanwick, Michael E ^a,b   Pfaendler, Sieglinde M L ^a   Akinwande, Akintude I ^b   Flewitt, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FROM SOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; IN-SITU; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOWIRE GROWTH; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTO-EXCITATIONS; PROCESSING STEPS; RELAXATION TIME CONSTANT; SCHOTTKY CONTACTS; VOLTAGE BIAS; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES;

ELECTRIC CONTACTORS; NANOWIRES; OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; ZINC OXIDE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84865046533     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/34/344009     Document Type: Article

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