Electronic and optical properties of nanocrystalline WO3 thin films studied by optical spectroscopy and density functional calculations

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Johansson, Malin B ^a   Baldissera, Gustavo ^b   Valyukh, Iryna ^c   Persson, Clas ^b,d   Arwin, Hans ^c   Niklasson, Gunnar A ^a   Österlund, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; FORBIDDEN TRANSITIONS; JOINT DENSITY OF STATE; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; REACTIVE DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SCREENED COULOMB INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GREEN'S FUNCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

FILM PREPARATION;

NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRONS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; OXIDES; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 84877635597     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/20/205502     Document Type: Article

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