Sol–gel synthesized zinc oxide nanorods and their structural and optical investigation for optoelectronic application

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Foo, Kai Loong ^a   Hashim, Uda ^a   Muhammad, Kashif ^a   Voon, Chun Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Hydrothermal growth; Refractive index; Solvent; Zinc oxide nanorods

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANORODS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLS; SOLVENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC OXIDES; OPTICAL INVESTIGATION; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE NANORODS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84919935555     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-429     Document Type: Article

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