ZnO Nanorod Array Grown on Ag Layer: A Highly Efficient Fluorescence Enhancement Platform

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yin, Yongqi ^a   Sun, Ye ^a   Yu, Miao ^a   Liu, Xiao ^a   Jiang, Tingting ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Liu, Danqing ^a   Liu, Shaoqin ^a   Cao, Wenwu ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84942423926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08152     Document Type: Article

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