ZnO Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Semiconductor Via Sol Gel Method

SpringerBriefs in Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Alias, Siti Salwa ^a   Mohamad, Ahmad Azmin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Direct band gap; Nanocrystalline; Sol gel; Wurtzite hexagonal; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026894012     PISSN: 21921091     EISSN: 21921105     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4560-77-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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