Ion beam induced evolution of surface morphology and optical properties of SnO2–ZnO nanocomposite thin films

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 8614-8622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Bhardwaj ◽  
Satyabrata Mohapatra
2011 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
pp. 105-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Lyly Nyl ◽  
Ahmad Fairoz Aziz ◽  
Zulkefle Habibah ◽  
Musa Mohamed Zaihidi ◽  
Mohd Hanapiah Abdullah ◽  
...  

Sol-gel spin coated PMMA:TiO2 nanocomposite thin films on glass substrates were studied by comparing two types of the sol-gel solutions. Two types of PMMA:TiO2 nanocomposite sol-gel solutions were prepared; one using Degusa (P25), and the other one is using self-prepared TiO2 powder. The self-prepared nanosized TiO2 powder is obtained by drying the TiO2 sol-gel using solvothermal method followed by grinding the TiO2 crystal using ball miller. Triton-X was used as surfactant to stabilize the composite. Besides comparing the nanocomposite solution, we also studied the effect of the thin films thickness on the optical properties and their surface morphology. The optical properties and surface morphology were measured with UV-VIS spectrometer and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The result showed that nanocomposite PMMA with self-prepared TiO2 give high optical transparency than that of with Degusa (P25). The results also indicate that as the thickness is increased the optical transparency are decreased. Both AFM images showed that the agglomerations of TiO2 particles occurred on top of the thin film and the surface roughness increased when the thickness is increased. AFM results show that nanocomposited PMMA with P25 has high agglomeration particles compared to the other one.


Author(s):  
Олег Васильевич Девицкий ◽  
Александр Александрович Кравцов ◽  
Александр Сергеевич Пащенко ◽  
Игорь Александрович Сысоев

Представлены результаты экспериментального исследования влияния термического отжига на структуру, морфологию поверхности и оптические свойства тонких пленок нитрида алюминия на сапфире. Тонкие пленки нитрида алюминия на сапфире толщиной 200 нм отжигались на воздухе и в атмосфере азота при остаточном давлении газов в вакуумной камере установки ионно-лучевого осаждения не менее 100 Па при температуре 850 °C. Установлено, что при термическом отжиге пленок нитрида алюминия на сапфире в атмосфере азота происходит уменьшение среднеквадратичной шероховатости пленок до 0,8 нм, увеличение коэффициента пропускания в диапазоне длин волн 300 -1100 нм вплоть до 96 %, а также повышение стехиометрии пленок. Показано, что для пленок нитрида алюминия на сапфире, отожжённых на воздухе, происходит окисление нитрида алюминия с образованием аморфного оксида алюминия при температуре 850 °C. Результаты энергодисперсионного анализа показали полное отсутствие азота на поверхности этих пленок. Снижение коэффициента пропускания во всем диапазоне длин волн для пленок AlN, отожжённых на воздухе, делает их не пригодными для применения в оптоэлектронике. Морфология поверхности этих пленок представляет собой массив остроконечных образований с максимальной высотой 190,7 нм и среднеарифметической шероховатостью поверхности 3,7 нм. The results of an experimental study of the effect of thermal annealing on the structure, surface morphology and optical properties of thin films of aluminum nitride on sapphire are presented. Thin films of aluminum nitride on sapphire with a thickness of 200 nm were annealed in air and in a nitrogen atmosphere at a residual gas pressure in the vacuum chamber of the ion-beam deposition unit of no less than 100 Pa at a temperature of 850 °C. It was found that thermal annealing of aluminum nitride films on sapphire in a nitrogen atmosphere leads to a decrease in the root mean square roughness of the films to 0,8 nm, an increase in the transmittance in the wavelength range of 300 -1100 nm up to 96 %, and an increase in the stoichiometry of the films. It is shown that for aluminum nitride films annealed in air on sapphire, aluminum nitride is oxidized to form amorphous aluminum oxide at a temperature of 850 °C. The results of energy dispersive analysis showed the complete absence of nitrogen on the surface of these films. A decrease in the transmittance over the entire wavelength range for films AlN annealed in air makes them unsuitable for use in optoelectronics. The surface morphology of these films is an array of pointed formations with a maximum height 190,7 nm and an arithmetic mean surface roughness 3,7 nm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1265-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Rashi Gupta ◽  
Vishnu Chauhan ◽  
Jagjeevan Ram ◽  
Paramjit Singh ◽  
...  

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 724
Author(s):  
Tong Li ◽  
Masaya Ichimura

Magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) thin films were deposited by the drop-dry deposition (DDD) method using an aqueous solution containing Mg(NO3)2 and NaOH. DDD was performed by dropping the solution on a substrate, heating-drying, and rinsing in water. Effects of different deposition conditions on the surface morphology and optical properties of Mg(OH)2 thin films were researched. Films with a thickness of 1−2 μm were successfully deposited, and the Raman peaks of Mg(OH)2 were observed for them. Their transmittance in the visible range was 95% or more, and the bandgap was about 5.8 eV. It was found that the thin films have resistivity of the order of 105 Ωcm. Thus, the transparent and semiconducting Mg(OH)2 thin films were successfully prepared by DDD.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jijie Huang ◽  
Di Zhang ◽  
Zhimin Qi ◽  
Bruce Zhang ◽  
Haiyan Wang

Ag nanostructures exhibit extraordinary optical properties, which are important for photonic device integration. Here, we deposited Ag-LiNbO3 (LNO) nanocomposite thin films with Ag nanoparticles (NPs) embedded into LNO matrix, by...


2016 ◽  
Vol 120 (27) ◽  
pp. 14681-14689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaista Babar ◽  
Anil U. Mane ◽  
Angel Yanguas-Gil ◽  
Elham Mohimi ◽  
Richard T. Haasch ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 118-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernandes T. Tenório-Neto ◽  
Marcos R. Guilherme ◽  
Manuel E.G. Winkler ◽  
Lucio Cardozo-Filho ◽  
Stéphani C. Beneti ◽  
...  

1995 ◽  
Vol 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihisa Watanabe ◽  
Yoshikazu Nakamura ◽  
Shigekazu Hirayama ◽  
Yuusaku Naota

AbstractAluminum nitride (AlN) thin films have been synthesized by ion-beam assisted deposition method. Film deposition has been performed on the substrates of silicon single crystal, soda-lime glass and alumin A. the influence of the substrate roughness on the film roughness is studied. the substrate temperature has been kept at room temperature and 473K and the kinetic energy of the incident nitrogen ion beam and the deposition rate have been fixed to 0.5 keV and 0.07 nm/s, respectively. the microstructure of the synthesized films has been examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the surface morphology has been observed by atomic force microscopy(AFM). IN the XRD patterns of films synthesized at both room temperature and 473K, the diffraction line indicating the alN (10*0) can be discerned and the broad peak composed of two lines indicating the a1N (00*2) and a1N (10*1) planes is also observed. aFM observations for 100 nm films reveal that (1) the surface of the films synthesized on the silicon single crystal and soda-lime glass substrates is uniform and smooth on the nanometer scale, (2) the average roughness of the films synthesized on the alumina substrate is similar to that of the substrate, suggesting the evaluation of the average roughness of the film itself is difficult in the case of the rough substrate, and (3) the average roughness increases with increasing the substrate temperature.


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Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 1609-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hardeep Thakur ◽  
K. K. Sharma ◽  
Ravi Kumar ◽  
Pardeep Thakur ◽  
Yogesh Kumar ◽  
...  

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