Structural and optical characterization of pure and starch-capped ZnO quantum dots and their photocatalytic activity

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-243

  Vidhya, K ^a   Saravanan, M ^b,c   Bhoopathi, G ^a   Devarajan, V P ^b   Subanya, S ^d  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d PSGR KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN   (India)

Author keywords

Green synthesis; Optical properties; Quantum dots; Solar photocatalytic activity; Starch; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; GREEN SYNTHESIS; METALS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RHODAMINE B; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STARCH; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ENHANCED EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE BEHAVIORS; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STARCH MOLECULES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES; ZNO QUANTUM DOTS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84963767288     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-014-0312-7     Document Type: Article

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