Fabrication of ZnO nanodisks from structural transformation of ZnO nanorods through natural oxidation and their emission characteristics

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1 PART B, 2014, Pages 2435-2439

  Israr Qadir, M ^a   Jamil Rana, S ^a   Nur, O ^a   Willander, M ^a   Larsson, L A ^a   Holtz, P O ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emission characteristics; Formamide; Nanodisks; Natural oxidation; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; NANORODS; OXIDATION; ZINC OXIDE;

EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; FORMAMIDES; MICROPHOTOLUMINESCENCE; NANODISKS; NATURAL OXIDATION; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84888005248     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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