Pulsed laser deposition of transparent conductive oxide thin films on flexible substrates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 260, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-46

  Socol, G ^a   Socol, M ^b   Stefan, N ^a   Axente, E ^a   Popescu Pelin, G ^a   Craciun, D ^a   Duta, L ^a   Mihailescu, C N ^a   Mihailescu, I N ^a   Stanculescu, A ^b   Visan, D ^d   Sava, V ^d   Galca, A C ^b   Luculescu, C R ^a   Craciun, V ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

AZO; Flexible TCO; ITO; IZO; PET; PLD; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CRACKS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXIDE FILMS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; FLEXIBLE TCO; INDIUM ZINC OXIDES; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); TARGET-SUBSTRATE DISTANCE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE THIN FILM; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84866734181     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.02.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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