Hydrothermal zinc oxide nanowire growth with different zinc salts

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2401-2407

  Akgun, Mehmet Can ^a   Afal, Aysegul ^a   Unalan, Husnu Emrah ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL HEATING; GROWTH SOLUTIONS; HEATING METHOD; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; ZINC ACETATE DIHYDRATE; ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES; ZINC SOURCES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ASPECT RATIO; SALTS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84875866350     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.258     Document Type: Article

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