How the adherence on glass substrate is ensured?

During the deposition of thin films glass substrates are used.

09 October 2019 3,291 3 View

What does average crystallite size mean in Scherrer method?

05 June 2019 2,195 3 View

Could anyone share the CIF file of hexagonal-MoO3?

Crystal Structure of MoO3 is hexagonal.

02 March 2019 3,742 3 View

In which field the thin film of low transmittance are suitable for applications?

Applications: such as Photocatalytic activities, biomaterials, dielectric materials, sensors, solar cells, LEDs

11 December 2018 5,865 0 View

How many informations come from the FT-IR spectroscopy of thin films?

Characterizations of thin films are carried out by various techniques such as FESEM, EDX, XRD, FTIR, UV-visible spectroscopy and DC electrical measurements etc.

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Is the band gap related to the thickness of the thin films?

In our work pure TiO2 and Fe doped TiO2 thin films were deposited onto glass substrates by the spray pyrolysis technique with the substrate temperature 4500C. The structural, electrical, optical...

11 December 2018 3,833 3 View

What is the necessary band gap value of thin film for using in solar cells?

Oxide based transparent conducting materials such as TiO2, SnO2, ZnO, In2O3 etc. have been investigated over the decades for the solar cell application, architectural windows, heat reflectors,...

11 December 2018 4,304 0 View

What is the reason for shifting FTIR peak to lower wavenumbers?

I have characterized the sample by FTIR spectroscopy.

11 December 2018 3,132 2 View

What are the methods to calculate the crystallize size?

XRD pattern shows that the samples are crystalline in nature.

11 December 2018 3,336 4 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

How to troubleshoot Electrochromic Films and Electrochromic Devices?

I am trying to characterize an electrochromic system. The system uses ITO electrodes on glass, WO3 as the electrochromic film, and NiO as the ion storage layer. When I deposit NiO and WO3 and...

23 February 2021 9,592 2 View

How to formulate Energy minimization in Molecular dynamics simulation for alloys using meam potential?

during MD simulation, the atoms are not moving as per required. The problem (as per my observation) lies in energy minimization technique. upon application of tensile strain in x or y direction,...

22 February 2021 380 5 View

How to improve the adhesion between germanium and silicon monoxide thin film layers using EBEAM evaporation?

I want to deposit multilayer coating of germanium and silicon monoxide on silicon wafer using ebeam evaporation?

21 February 2021 2,141 3 View

How can I measure the thickness of thin layers deposited on textured glass susbtrates?

I want to measure the thickness of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide layers deposited on textured glass substates. The layer thicknesses are typically below 100nm.

21 February 2021 5,465 4 View

How do I calculate absorption coefficient of my thin film if I dont know the thickness? Or how can I calculate the thickness of my sample?

I have done Uv-vis characterisation of my thin film and have received absorbance and transmittance data. Now I want to calculate the absorption coefficient but I dont know the thickness of my...

21 February 2021 7,148 8 View

How to construct different filler shape in MD simulations?

Is there any way to construct different initial filler shapes like triangle, square, rectangle, pillar, and tube in any simulation software.

20 February 2021 1,750 1 View

Specify the Burgers vectors for dislocations, which cannot be uniquely identified.?

1. A bcc metal single crystal was sliced along (1 -1 0) plane for TEM study. Assuming that the TEM available is equipped with a goniometer stage which tilts up to 45o. The Burgers vector of...

20 February 2021 2,370 1 View