The 3D Amlouk-Boubaker expansivity-energy gap-Vickers hardness abacus: A new tool for optimizing semiconductor thin film materials

Materials Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 991-994

  Ben Mahmoud, K B ^a   Amlouk, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

BPES; Effective absorbance; Optothermal expansivity; Semiconductor thin films

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; VICKERS HARDNESS;

ABSORBANCES; BPES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTOTHERMAL EXPANSIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMALS; SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILMS; SYNTHETIC PARAMETERS; VICKERS MICROHARDNESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 62249114158     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2009.01.063     Document Type: Article

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