Showing papers in "Thin Solid Films in 2004"

TL;DR: The mechanical integrity of tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) thin films sputtered onto a high temperature aromatic polyester developed for flexible display applications was investigated by means of tensile experiments equipped with electrical measurement, and carried out in-situ in an optical microscope as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, a full approach has been developed integrating novel texture and residual stress methodologies with the Rietveld method (Acta Cryst. 22 (1967) 151) (for crystal structure analysis) and it has been coupled with the reflectivity analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of organic bulk donor/acceptor heterojunction solar cells with different transparent electrodes is compared and a comparison is made between cells with either ITO or highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(styrenesulfonate) as a transparent contact.

TL;DR: Post-transfer results of live/dead viability/cytotoxicity assays show that the cells are unaffected by the process with near 100% viability, and the technique is now capable of depositing cells with near single cell resolution.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the mechanism of electrodeposition of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films from aqueous solution of zinc nitrate by using a rotating disk electrode.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) method for chromium nitride (CrN)-based coatings on mirror-polished M2 high speed steel substrates.

TL;DR: In this article, a stabilized record efficiency of 9.47% has independently been confirmed by NREL for an amorphous silicon single-junction p-i-n cell (∼1 cm2) deposited on LP-CVD ZnO coated glass.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of thermal aging on IMC thickness and residual shear strength properties before and after exposure to thermal cycling aging were investigated on a lead-free 95.5Sn-3.8Ag-0.7Cu solder joint.

TL;DR: In this article, a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method was used to extract titanium oxide (TiO 2− x N x ) photocatalysts, which were reported to be activated by visible light irradiation as well as ultraviolet irradiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential use of silicon nanocrystals (Si-nc) into photovoltaics technology as one possible way to increase the silicon solar efficiency at low cost was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the peculiarities of laser microablation and plasma re-heating with ultrashort (50 fs-10 ps) double pulses were studied and three regimes of laser/metal target interaction were observed as a function of double-pulse delay.

TL;DR: In this article, the optimal O y(O qAr) gas ratio for the sample preparation will be in the 22 range 0.5-0.6, in which the optical constants become less changed.

TL;DR: In this paper, coloured films based on single layered titanium oxynitride (TiN x O y ) compounds were prepared by r.f. magnetron sputtering under variation of process parameters such as bias voltage and flow rate of reactive gases.

TL;DR: In this article, optical absorption and photoluminescence of amorphous and crystalline HfO 2 thin films grown by atomic layer deposition from HfCl 4 and H 2 O were studied.

TL;DR: In this paper, conjugated polymers based on thienylene-PPV derivatives were prepared to be used as an active thin film layer in organic solar cells, achieved by oxidative coupling based on FeCl3 as an oxidant.

TL;DR: In this paper, the femtosecond laser interaction with silicon was investigated in water and in air, with 130-fs laser pulses at 800 nm wavelength, with anomalous profiles consistent with a strong spatial deformation of the laser beam coupled into the target.

TL;DR: In this article, a miniaturized own nanoindentation and nanoscratch device for use inside a scanning electron microscope is presented, where the indentation axis is operated at an inclined angle with respect to the SEM column.

TL;DR: In this paper, three polymorphs of TiO2, rutile, anatase and brookite were synthesized in aqueous medium in order to compare the electronic properties of these materials for photovoltaic devices.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of In2O3 film structure on gas-sensing characteristics measured in steady state and transient modes was reported, and it was shown that grain size and porosity are the parameters of In 2O3 films that best control gas response to ozone.

TL;DR: In this article, the performance potential of state-of-the-art organic bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices and a guideline towards higher device efficiencies is analyzed. But the authors focus on the identification and determination of the relevant material parameters (lifetime, mobility, bandgap, trap density) for the pristine components and for the blended photoprocessor composites.

TL;DR: In this article, SiCN films were fabricated by PECVD from SiH4/CH4/N2/Ar gas mixtures at a temperature of 400 °C.

TL;DR: In this article, the laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) technique is used for the deposition of DNA microarrays, which is interesting in the development of biosensors and play an important role as efficient tools for gene and protein identification.

TL;DR: In this paper, light trapping with diffraction gratings and buried nano-electrodes were investigated, and the potential of this approach was discussed and initial experimental results were presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors deal with high efficient optical switching properties at 68 °C of thermochromic vanadium dioxide (V O 2 ) thin films deposited on amorphous silica substrates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural properties of B2O3 thin films with various deposition temperatures were mainly investigated, and it was shown that the surface morphology, grain size, and film thickness of the as-grown films are strongly dependent upon deposition temperature.

TL;DR: In this article, a diamond-like carbon (a-C:H:Me/Me-DLC) was used for reactive magnetron sputter deposition using targets from transition metals or transition metal carbides and acetylene as reactive gas.

TL;DR: Spectroscopic, specular reflected light measurements (both ellipsometry-SE, and reflectometry-SR) of grating structures have relatively and recently been shown to yield very accurate information on the critical dimensions, wall-angles and detailed wall shape of deep submicron features as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors showed that the weakness of matrix-filler interactions has no significant effect on the Young's Modulus, but also alter the 200-μm scratch resistance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of film thickness and molecular weight on the glass transition temperature and coefficient of thermal expansion for polystyrene thin films supported on silicon native oxide surfaces has been studied in detail using variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of preparation conditions on the cathodoluminescence properties of thin film phosphors were studied, and the luminance and efficiency of these phosphors at a current density of 57 μA/cm2 were found to be linearly dependent on the excitation voltage.