Silicon micro-structure and ZnO nanowire hierarchical assortments for light management

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1039-1048

  Dev Choudhury, B ^a   Abedin, A ^a   Dev, A ^a   Sanatinia, R ^a   Anand, S ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ANTI REFLECTIONS; COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; MICRO-PYRAMID ARRAYS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RAMAN INTENSITIES; SENSOR APPLICATIONS;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOWIRES; SILICON; WET ETCHING; ZINC OXIDE;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 84884197449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001039     Document Type: Article

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