Control of the microstructure and crystalline orientation of ZnO films on a seed-free glass substrate by using a spin-spray method

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4968-4975

  Wagata, Hajime ^a   Ohashi, Naoki ^b   Taniguchi, Takaaki ^a   Katsumata, Ken Ichi ^a   Okada, Kiyoshi ^a   Matsushita, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS; DENSE FILMS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLASS SUBSTRATES; POST-DEPOSITION; ROD ARRAYS; SPIN SPRAY; TRISODIUM CITRATES; UV LUMINESCENCE; VISIBLE LUMINESCENCE; XRD PATTERNS; ZNO FILMS; ZNO ROD;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; METALLIC FILMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPIN GLASS; SUBSTRATES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 78149315032     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg1010693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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