Deposition, structure and properties of polyamide-CdSe-CdS composite material using sorption-diffusion method

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 325, Issue C, 2015, Pages 175-184

  Zalenkiene S ^a   Krylova, V ^a   Baltrusaitis, J ^b,c  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed cadmium chalcogenides; Polyamide; SEM; Sorption diffusion; XPS; XRD

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHALCOGENIDES; COMPOSITE FILMS; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; POLYAMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SORPTION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM CHALCOGENIDES; DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION METHOD; GROWTH MECHANISMS; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84927545989     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.11.040     Document Type: Article

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