On the nucleation and growth of Zn1-xMnxO thin films grown by RF magnetron sputtering

Scripta Materialia

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 930-933

  Gopalakrishnan, N ^a   Elanchezhiyan, J ^a   Bhuvana, K P ^a   Balasubramanian, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetic properties; Nucleation; Sputtering; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NUCLEATION; THIN FILMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CRITICAL NUCLEATION PARAMETERS; CRITICAL NUCLEUS;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 40649116136     PISSN: 13596462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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