One-step synthesis of ZnO nanosheets: A blue-white fluorophore

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vempati, Sesha ^a   Mitra, Joy ^b   Dawson, Paul ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorophore; Nanosheets; Photoluminescence; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; INTERSTITIAL DEFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ONE STEP SYNTHESIS; OXIDE MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SINGLE-STEP; SUBSTRATE-FREE; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD; WURTZITES; ZNO; ZNO NANOSHEETS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU;

EID: 84866094850     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-470     Document Type: Article

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