Embedded air and solid defects in periodically structured porous thin films

Nanotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2639-2646

  Jensen, Martin O ^a   Brett, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; EVAPORATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

BAND GAP; DEFECT ENGINEERING; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; PORE STRUCTURE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 26444561773     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/11/028     Document Type: Article

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