Electrochemical route to the synthesis of ZnO microstructures: Its nestlike structure and holding of Ag particles

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Ding, Ling ^a   Zhang, Ruixue ^a   Fan, Louzhen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag ZnO nestlike heterostructure; Electrodeposition; Nestlike structure; ZnO microstructures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ADSORPTION ABILITY; AG NANOPARTICLE; DIRECTED CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ROUTES; NESTLIKE STRUCTURES; SHAPE-SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); ZNO MICROSTRUCTURES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84875184689     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-78     Document Type: Article

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