Ionic liquid-assisted preparation of ZnO nanostructures

Nanomaterials and Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-215

  Singh, Tejwant ^a   Trivedi, Tushar J ^b   Kumar, Arvind ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ionic liquids; Nanomaterials; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84900398039     PISSN: 20459831     EISSN: 2045984X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/nme.12.00008     Document Type: Article

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