Photoluminescence properties of Un-Doped and Mn-Doped ZnO nanostructures

Materials Express

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 475-482

  Thandavan, Tamil Many K ^a   Wong, Chiow San ^a   Meriam Abdul Gani, Siti ^a   Nor, Roslan Md ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Doping; Manganese; Nanowire; Photoluminescence; Thermal Evaporation; Zinc Oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908116519     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2014.1193     Document Type: Article

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