A photochemically induced molecular pathway to smooth and transparent gallium-doped zinc oxide ceramic

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1878-1883

  Hoffmann, Rudolf C ^a   Schneider, Jörg J ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; CRYSTALLINE GRAINS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MOLECULAR PATHWAYS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; OXIDE CERAMICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; THERMAL PROCESS; THERMAL ROUTES; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS;

GALLIUM; SINTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 79958104161     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04310.x     Document Type: Article

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