Room-temperature deposition of crystalline patterned ZnO films by confined dewetting lithography

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3386-3389

  Sepulveda Guzman, S ^a   Reeja Jayan, B ^b   De la Rosa, E ^c   Ortiz Mendez, U ^a   Reyes Betanzo, C ^d   Cruz Silva, R ^e   Jose Yacaman, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Confined dewetting lithography; Microcontact printing; Nano patterning; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LITHOGRAPHY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

ADDITIONAL ANNEALING; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; DE-WETTING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LEDS); MICRO CONTACT PRINTING; NANOPATTERNING; ROOM TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING FILMS;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77649341923     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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