Optical properties of porous helical thin films and the effects of post-deposition annealing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5464, Issue , 2004, Pages 198-208

  Van Popta, Andy C ^a   Sit, Jeremy C ^a   Brett, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annealing; Glancing angle deposition; Hybrid material; Liquid crystals; Nanostructured thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COATINGS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 9144262047     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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