Self-catalytic crystal growth, formation mechanism, and optical properties of indium tin oxide nanostructures

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liang, Yuan Chang ^a   Zhong, Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Doping; In sn o nanostructures; Morphology; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SUBSTRATES; TIN ALLOYS; TIN OXIDES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS;

ALLOY PARTICLES; CATALYST LAYERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; FORMATION MECHANISM; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ORANGE EMISSIONS; SOURCE MATERIAL; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84887266032     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-358     Document Type: Article

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