Sn and Cu oxide nanoparticles deposited on TiO 2 nanoflower 3D substrates by Inert Gas Condensation technique

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 380, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-202

  Kusior, A ^a   Kollbek, K ^a   Kowalski, K ^a   Borysiewicz, M ^b   Wojciechowski, T ^c   Adamczyk, A ^a   Trenczek Zajac, A ^a   Radecka, M ^a   Zakrzewska, K ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cu nanoclusters; Inert Gas Condensation; SnO 2 nanoparticles; TiO 2 nanoflowers

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDENSATION; COPPER OXIDES; INERT GASES; NANOFLOWERS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CU NANOCLUSTERS; DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INERT GAS CONDENSATION; INERT GAS CONDENSATION TECHNIQUE; NANOSTRUCTURE MORPHOLOGIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY , SEM;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84983746830     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.01.204     Document Type: Article

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