Fabrication and characterization of hexagonally patterned quasi-1D ZnO nanowire arrays

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Kuo, Shou Yi ^a,b   Lin, Hsin I ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Quasi 1D ZnO nanowire arrays; Sol gel derived ZnO thin films; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYSTYRENES; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SOLS; THIN FILMS;

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; OTHER OPTO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYSTYRENE MICRO-SPHERE; QUASI-ONE DIMENSIONAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ZNO THIN FILM;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84899658060     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-75     Document Type: Article

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