Morphological, structural, and electrical characterization of sol-gel-synthesized ZnO nanorods

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kashif, M ^a   Hashim, U ^a   Ali, M E ^b   Foo, K L ^a   Usman Ali, Syed M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-AXIS ORIENTATIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; FABRICATED DEVICE; OXIDIZED SILICON SUBSTRATES; PL MEASUREMENTS; SILVER ELECTRODE; THERMALLY OXIDIZED; ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE;

GAS SENSING ELECTRODES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON OXIDES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84876590647     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/478942     Document Type: Article

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