Decoration of ZnO nanorods with coral reefs like NiO nanostructures by the hydrothermal growth method and their luminescence study

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 430-440

  Abbasi, Mazhar Ali ^a   Ibupoto, Zafar Hussain ^a   Hussain, Mushtaque ^a   Pozina, Galia ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Hultman, Lars ^a   Nur, Omer ^a   Willander, Magnus ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescent; Composite nanostructures; Defect states; NiO nanostructure; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENT; COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES; DEFECT STATE; NIO NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO NANOROD;

FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; REEFS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84893532164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7010430     Document Type: Article

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