Annealing effects on the properties of indium tin oxide films coated on soda lime glasses with a barrier layer of TiO2-SiO2 composite films

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2335-2340

  Tsai, Rung Ywan ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ho, Fang Chung ^a,g,h,i   Hua, Mu Yi ^b,c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SPIE   (Taiwan)

^d OSA   (Taiwan)

^e AAAs   (United States)

^f NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁱ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indium tin oxide (ITO); Ion assisted electron beam evaporation; Liquid crystal display LCD; Soda lime glass; Structural, optical and electrical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000596997     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601461     Document Type: Article

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