Synthesis of long ZnO nanorods under microwave irradiation or conventional heating

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 14629-14639

  Pimentel, A ^a   Nunes, D ^a   Duarte, P ^a   Rodrigues, J ^b   Costa, F M ^b   Monteiro, T ^b   Martins, R ^a   Fortunato, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

CONVENTIONAL HEATING; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; IDENTICAL STRUCTURES; RED-ORANGE EMISSIONS; SUPERFICIAL DEFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENT; UV PHOTODETECTORS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84903751750     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5027509     Document Type: Article

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