Effects of stabilizer ratio on structural, morphological, optical and waveguide properties of ZnO nano-structured thin films by a sol-gel process

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 485-495

  Khodja, S ^a   Touam, T ^a   Chelouche, A ^b   Boudjouan, F ^b   Djouadi, D ^b   Hadjoub, Z ^a   Fischer, A ^c   Boudrioua, A ^c  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^c Centrale de Proximité en Nanotechnologies de Paris Nord   (France)

Author keywords

Microstructures; Optical properties; Propagation losses; Sol gel process; Waveguide applications; ZnO thin films

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; PROPAGATION LOSS; WAVEGUIDE APPLICATIONS; WAVEGUIDE PROPERTIES; ZNO; ZNO THIN FILM;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 84907487347     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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