Strain-enhanced cable-type 3D UV photodetecting of ZnO nanowires on a Ni wire by coupling of piezotronics effect and pn junction

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3661-3668

  Chen, Jixun ^a   Ding, Longwei ^a   Zhang, Xianghui ^a   Chu, Liang ^a   Liu, Nishuang ^a   Gao, Yihua ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE

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EID: 84893965797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003661     Document Type: Article

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