Mechanical properties and deformation behavior of ZnO thin films under illumination

Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 421-425

  Horváth, Péter ^a   Kiriakidis, George ^a   Nagy, Péter M ^b   Christoulakis, Savas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Nanoindentation; Photoplastic effect; Scratch tect; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DEFORMATION; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

NANOINDENTATION MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOPLASTIC EFFECTS; SCRATCH TECT;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 34548129990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2007.352050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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