Synthesis, structure, and optical properties of CdS thin films nanoparticles prepared by chemical bath technique

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-31

  Al Hussam, Abdullah M A ^a   Jassim, Salah Abdul Jabbar ^a  

^a THAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

CdS thin films; Chemical bath deposition; Nanoparticles; Structural and optical studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859707421     PISSN: 18153852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaubas.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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