Optical properties of ZnO/BaCO3 nanocomposites in UV and visible regions

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Zak, Ali Khorsand ^a,b   Hashim, Abdul Manaf ^a   Darroudi, Majid ^c  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b ESFARAYEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ceramic materials; Composite materials; Optical

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; AUGERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GLASS CERAMICS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ABSORPTION EDGES; AUGER SPECTROSCOPY; BARIUM CARBONATE; OPTICAL; OPTICAL PARAMETER; UV-VIS SPECTRA; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE REGION;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919449787     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-399     Document Type: Article

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