Characterization of Nanocrystalline Lead Sulphide Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Bath Deposition Technique

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-174

  Hussain, A ^a   Begum, A ^a   Rahman, A ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Nanocrystalline; Semiconductor; Thin film; X ray fluorescence; XRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871998440     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0390-3     Document Type: Article

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