Photoluminescence, magnetic properties and photocatalytic activity of Gd3+ doped Zno nanoparticles

Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1757-1766

  Oprea, O ^a   Vasile, O R ^a   Voicu, G ^a   Craciun, L ^a   Andronescu, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetism; Gd doped zinc oxide; Nanomaterials; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869045446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18423582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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