Hydrothermal synthesis, characterisation and influencing factors of Zn2GeO4 hexagonal prism

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1143-1146

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Lian, Lin ^a   Dai, Jun Sen ^a   Liu, Yin ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; GERMANIUM DIOXIDE; GROWTH MECHANISMS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION EDGE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; TRI-SODIUM CITRATES; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

PRISMS;

CITRIC ACID; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; PRISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84878352531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2012.0761     Document Type: Article

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