Synthesis mechanism and optical properties of well nanoflower-shaped ZnO fabricated by a facile method

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1762-1769

  Hongjun, Liu ^a,c   Zang, Zhigang ^b   Tang, Xiaosheng ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGplus Technologies Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOFLOWERS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LIGAND EXCHANGES; PHOTO-LUMINESCENT PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; REACTION MECHANISM; SYNTHESIS MECHANISM; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84906815830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.4.001762     Document Type: Article

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