Controlling growth rate anisotropy for formation of continuous ZnO thin films from seeded substrates

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, R H ^a   Slamovich, E B ^a   Handwerker, C A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TRANSPARENT THIN FILM; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROWTH RATE; METALLIC FILMS; NANORODS; OPTICAL FILMS; PH EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84876487102     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/19/195603     Document Type: Article

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