Showing papers in "Thin Solid Films in 1999"

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between the photo reaction and the surface crystal structure was evaluated on the different crystal faces of rutile single crystal and also polycrystalline anatase titanium dioxide to clarify the dependence of the crystal structure on the photoinduced hydrophilic conversion.

TL;DR: In this article, a-Si/a-Si stacked solar cells were realized with initial efficiencies exceeding 10% in the long wavelength range, demonstrating an effective light trapping capability.

TL;DR: In this article, a hexagonal wurtzite crystal type with a mean crystallite size in the range 20-33nm was found in zinc oxide thin films, which are c-axis oriented, having a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) value of the (002) X-ray diffraction line of 0.23°.

TL;DR: In this paper, the properties of PEDOT-PSS have been studied using X-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, focusing on thermal effects and the influence of hydrochloric acid on the chemical and electronic structures of the films.

TL;DR: In this paper, atomic layer growth of hafnium dioxide from HfCl4 and H2O has been studied at substrate temperatures ranging from 180-600°C.

TL;DR: In this article, three models for the growth mechanism of hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon films (μc-Si:H) from reactive (silane and hydrogen mixture) plasmas are reviewed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent advancements in areas that are critical to the establishment of a SiC MEMS technology is presented, focusing on the material and processing aspects of SiC fabrication.

TL;DR: In this paper, the photo-catalytic property of the titania films deposited in the precursor solutions at relatively low temperatures was identified as that of thermally crystallized anatase.

TL;DR: In this paper, a model for the growth of the crystallites in sol gel multilayer coatings is presented, which is based on the combined Hall and van der Pauw techniques.

TL;DR: In this paper, an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and a transmission electron microscope (TEM) were used to determine the microstructure of ITO thin films.

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between the adsorption of organic substances from the atmosphere and the surface OH group density of metal oxide films deposited onto glass by r.f. reactive magnetron sputtering was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, a new inductively combined rf-plasma assisted planar magnetron sputtering method was used to synthesize pseudobinary (Ti1−xAlx)N films.

TL;DR: In this article, X-ray diffraction measurements show that all the zinc oxide thin films are crystallized in the wurtzite form and present a preferred orientation along the [002] direction.

TL;DR: In this article, a multilayer structure consisting of three layers, tin-doped indium oxide (ITO)/Ag/ITO, was prepared by using magnetron sputtering.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the optical and electrical properties of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films and discuss the actual and potential applications based on these properties and discuss their potential applications.

TL;DR: In this article, the usability of porous sol-gel coatings and periodic or stochastic subwavelength surface-relief structures for low-cost broadband antireflective (AR) surfaces on glass and on plastics was studied experimentally.

TL;DR: The matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) as mentioned in this paper technique has been successfully used to deposit highly uniform thin films of a variety of organic materials including a number of polymers.

TL;DR: In this article, an alternative process for the deposition of such coatings at room temperature by spin, dip and spray coating techniques using solutions prepared with crystalline nanoparticles fully redispersed in water (for ATO, ITO) or alcohol (for ITO), with solid contents up to 10−15 Vol%, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of optical measurements and photoelectron spectrometry (XPS, UPS) at low doping levels (≤2.6%) are presented, and together with structural properties they can be well correlated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, optical and electrical properties of the zinc oxide films have been studied and the effects of heat treatment for the as-deposited films in air and vacuum are investigated.

TL;DR: The electrical and optical properties, structure and morphology of ITO thin films were investigated in this paper, where all layers studied with a thickness range of 50-350 nm were polycrystalline with grain sizes in the range 20-30 nm depending on the annealing conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of doping and annealing on zinc oxide thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis has been studied and the results show that the way doping influences the electrical and structural properties depends also on the characteristics of the doping element.

TL;DR: In this paper, a deposition mechanism of In2S3 thin films from thioacetamide deposition bath has been proposed, and the results showed that the as-deposited films were photoactive as evidenced by TRMC studies.

TL;DR: In this article, the tribological performance and tribochemistry of vacuum deposited nanocrystalline WC/amorphous diamond-like carbon (DLC) composite coatings were investigated and the microstructure critically influenced both the hardness and tribological properties of WC/DLC composites.

TL;DR: In this paper, aluminum doped zinc oxide films were prepared by reactive mid-frequency (MF) magnetron sputtering (Leybold TwinMagTM) at deposition rate of approx. 9 nm/s and substrate temperature of 100 to 300°C.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the thin film process simulator GROFILMS to verify the importance of self-shadowing and surface diffusion effects and clarify some aspects of how they interact to determine the final film morphology.

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that Raman scattering alone cannot provide unambiguous information regarding the size, distribution and crystalline fraction of nc-/a-Si films unless additional data regarding the structure of the films are obtained by other techniques.

TL;DR: In this paper, a photochemically curable transparent hard coating material has been developed to improve the wear resistance of organic polymers by using photoinitiated polymerization of methacrylic-functions in only a few minutes, using UV light from a Hg high pressure lamp.

TL;DR: In this paper, a spray pyrolysis technique was used to synthesize transparent conductive FTO, ATO and ITO films on flat 12×12 cm borosilicate glass substrates at 500-550°C and investigated with respect to their electrical and optical properties.

TL;DR: In this article, the stability of thin films toward clustering, non-uniform film formation during deposition and evolution in the post-deposition phase are reviewed with an emphasis on developments during the period from 1990 to present.