Magnesium doped ZnO nanostructures synthesis using citrus aurantifolia extracts: Structural and field electron emission properties

Materials Express

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 226-232

  Rafaie, Hartini Ahmad ^a,b   Nor, Roslan Md ^a   Amin, Yusoff Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Citrus aurantifolia; Field electron emission; Sol gel; Structural; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925849682     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2015.1227     Document Type: Article

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