Infrared reflective properties of AZO/Ag/AZO trilayers prepared by RF magnetron sputtering

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 8 PART B, 2014, Pages 12847-12853

  Miao, Dagang ^a   Jiang, Shouxiang ^a   Shang, Songmin ^a   Chen, Zhuoming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ag; AZO; Infrared reflection; Multilayer thin films; RF magnetron sputtering

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AZO; INFRARED REFLECTIONS; MULTI-LAYER THIN FILM; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRUM; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCE;

SILVER;

EID: 84903890644     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.04.139     Document Type: Article

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