Synthesis of zinc oxide nanowires on seeded and unseeded gold substrates: Role of seed nucleation and precursor concentration

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 358-370

  Lopez, Orlando E ^a   Tucker, Ashley L ^a   Singh, Kimberly R ^a   Mamer, Spencer B ^a   Sadoqi, Mostafa ^a   Xu, Huizhong ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal growth; Nanoparticle seeds; Nucleation process; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION; WIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; SUBSTRATE ANNEALING; ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES; ZNO NANOWIRES; GOLD SUBSTRATES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84906688852     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2014.07.030     Document Type: Article

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