Chemical growth of hexagonal zinc oxide nanorods and their optical properties

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Samanta, Pijus Kanti ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Defect states; Nanorods; Photoluminescence; Raman shift; Visible emission; Zinc oxide; Zn O bond

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

DEFECT STATE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RAMAN SHIFT; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; VISIBLE EMISSIONS; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD;

ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 85059804478     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-011-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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