A comparative study of laser- and electric-field-induced effects on the crystallinity, surface morphology and plasmon resonance of indium and gold thin films

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 947-954

  Kumar, Prashant ^a   Krishna, M Ghanashyam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AS-DEPOSITED THIN FILMS; AU THIN FILMS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CRYSTALLINITIES; GOLD THIN FILMS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LASER FLUENCES; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER TREATMENT; MEAN SIZE; MEAN-GRAIN SIZE; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PLASMON RESONANCES; POST DEPOSITION TREATMENT; SPHERICAL GRAINS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CRYSTALLITES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

GOLD;

EID: 77951450562     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200925198     Document Type: Article

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