Pure and Nb2O5-doped TiO2 amorphous thin films grown by dc magnetron sputtering at room temperature: Surface and photo-induced hydrophilic conversion studies

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 54-59

  Suchea, M ^a,b   Christoulakis, S ^a,b   Tudose, I V ^a,d   Vernardou, D ^b,c   Lygeraki, M I ^a   Anastasiadis, S H ^a   Kitsopoulos, T ^a,b   Kiriakidis, G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Sputtering; Surface morphology; Surface roughnesses; Titanium dioxide; Wetting

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILICITY; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPUTTERING PLASMA DEPOSITION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE COATINGS;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

EID: 35748929371     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2007.07.073     Document Type: Article

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