Colloidal ZnO nanocrystals in dimethylsulfoxide: A new synthesis, optical, photo- and electroluminescent properties

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Panasiuk, Y V ^a   Raevskaya, O E ^a   Stroyuk, O L ^a   Kuchmiy, S Y ^a   Dzhagan, V M ^b   Hietschold, M ^c   Zahn, D R T ^c  

^a L V PISARZHEVSKII INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; LED; Nanoparticle; Photoluminescence; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; CORRESPONDING STATE; ELECTROLUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; POST-SYNTHESIS TREATMENT; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; TETRA-ETHYL-ORTHO-SILICATE; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC OXIDE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATIONS; COLLOIDS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84893068844     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/7/075601     Document Type: Article

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