Tuning of structural, optical, and magnetic properties of ultrathin and thin ZnO nanowire arrays for nano device applications

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shrama, Satinder K ^a,b   Saurakhiya, Neelam ^b   Barthwal, Sumit ^b   Kumar, Rudra ^b   Sharma, Ashutosh ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANDI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Compressive stress; Crystallite size; Electrochemical deposition; Hot probe; HRTEM; Micro Raman; UHV thermal annealing; Ultrathin and thin ZnO NW arrays; Vibrating sample magnetometer; XRD

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; NANOWIRES; REDUCTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

HOT PROBE; HRTEM; MICRO-RAMAN; THERMAL-ANNEALING; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS;

EID: 84928386378     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-122     Document Type: Article

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