Structural and dielectric properties of Al-doped ZnO nanostructures

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 6031-6036

  Zamiri, Reza ^a   Singh, Budhendra ^b   Scott Belsley, Michael ^c   Ferreira, J M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dielectrical properties; Nanomaterial; ZnO nanostructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895065393     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.11.052     Document Type: Article

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