Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorods on electrospun polyamide nanofibers

MRS Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-55

  Athauda, Thushara J ^a   Butt, Umaiz ^b   Ozer, Ruya R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical Engineering ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; NANOFIBERS; NANORODS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALIGNED ZNO NANORODS; DESIRABLE FEATURES; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYAMIDE NANOFIBERS; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

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EID: 84878656169     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2012.33     Document Type: Article

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