Thorn-like ZnO/CNT composites via the hydrothermal method with different seed layer

Applied Optics

Volumn , Issue 4, 2014, Pages A242-A247

  Chen, Hsi Chao ^a   Lin, Ssu Fan ^a   Huang, Kuo Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARBON NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; ZINC OXIDE;

ANNEALING PROCESS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; RESEARCH FOCUS; RF-SPUTTERING; SPUTTERING TIME; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO SEED LAYERS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84942369040     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.00A242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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