Optical and structural properties of thermally evaporated zinc oxide thin films on polyethylene terephthalate substrates

International Journal of Polymer Science

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Faraj, M G ^a   Ibrahim, K ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FILM THICKNESS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THERMAL EVAPORATION; VACUUM EVAPORATION; ZINC OXIDE;

FILM SURFACES; OPTICAL BANDS; PET SUBSTRATE; PHASE FORMATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER; ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS; ZNO THIN FILM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84861323297     PISSN: 16879422     EISSN: 16879430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/302843     Document Type: Article

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