Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured zinc oxide particles synthesized by the pyrosol method

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Vasile, Otilia Ruxandra ^a   Andronescu, Ecaterina ^a   Ghitulica, Cristina ^a   Vasile, Bogdan Stefan ^a   Oprea, Ovidiu ^a   Vasile, Eugeniu ^b   Trusca, Roxana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b Metav SA Bucuresti   (Romania)

Author keywords

HRTEM; Photoluminescence; Pyrosol method; ZnO Nanostructured particles

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

HRTEM; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED PARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC OXIDES; PYROSOL METHOD; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES;

ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSOL METHOD; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84869828909     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1269-7     Document Type: Article

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