Low power deposition of high quality hexagonal ZnO film grown on Al 2O3 (0001) sapphire by dc sputtering

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5681-5687

  Vijayalakshmi, K ^a   Karthick, K ^a   Dhivya, P ^b   Sridharan, M ^b  

^a BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE   (India)

^b SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Photoluminescence; SEM; Sputtering; ZnO nanoblock

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CURRENT MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC OXIDES; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; UV-VIS SPECTROMETER; VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCE; ZNO;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SAPPHIRE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; SPUTTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84875739136     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.12.085     Document Type: Article

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