Morphological study of PLD grown CuO films on SrTiO 3 , sapphire, quartz and MgO substrates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 9949-9953

  Kawwam, M ^a,b   Alharbi, F ^c,d   Aldwayyan, A ^b   Lebbou, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

^d HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

CuO; Pulsed laser deposition; Surface roughness; Thin film morphology

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTALLITES; MAGNESIA; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE FILMS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SAPPHIRE; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

LASER ENERGY DENSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TARGET-SUBSTRATE DISTANCE; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84864659314     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.06.055     Document Type: Article

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