Photoluminescence mechanisms of metallic Zn nanospheres, semiconducting ZnO nanoballoons, and metal-semiconductor Zn/ZnO nanospheres

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lin, Jin Han ^a,b   Patil, Ranjit A ^a   Devan, Rupesh S ^a   Liu, Zhe An ^a   Wang, Yi Ping ^c   Ho, Ching Hwa ^c   Liou, Yung ^b   Ma, Yuan Ron ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84923381768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06967     Document Type: Article

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