Controlling the structural and optical properties of nanostructured ZnO thin films by cadmium content

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-47

  El Sayed, A M ^a,b   Taha, S ^a   Said, G ^a   Yakuphanoglu, F ^c,d  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^b NORTHERN BORDER UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Nanoclusters; Optical conductivity; Refractive index; Roughness; Spin coating; Thin films; ZnO

Indexed keywords

GLASS SUBSTRATES; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED ZNO; SIMILAR MATERIAL; SOL-GEL SPIN COATING; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; ZNO;

COATINGS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANORODS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GELS; SPIN COATING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84887698515     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2013.10.041     Document Type: Article

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