Influences of urea on preparation of zinc oxide nanostructures through chemical precipitation in ammonium hydrogencarbonate solution

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1363-1368

  Khoshhesab, Zahra Monsef ^a   Sarfaraz, Mohammad ^b   Houshyar, Zari ^a  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Novin Shimyar Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ammonium hydrogencarbonate; Nanostructures; Precipitation; Urea; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871187204     PISSN: 15533174     EISSN: 15533182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533174.2012.680119     Document Type: Article

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