Effect of grain size and distribution on the shielding effectiveness of transparent conducting thin films

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 352-359

  Lampasi, Domenico Alessandro ^a   Tamburrano, Alessio ^a   Bellini, Stefania ^b   Tului, Mario ^c   Albolino, Augusto ^d   Sarto, Maria Sabrina ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI S P A   (Italy)

^d Alenia Aermacchi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic (EM) shielding; grain size distribution (GSD); thin film; transparent conducting oxide (TCO); transparent EM shields

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; RADIO FREQUENCY SHIELDING; SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 84897567676     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2013.2282085     Document Type: Article

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