Thermal annealing-induced formation of ZnO nanoparticles: Minimum strain and stress ameliorate preferred c-axis orientation and crystal-growth properties

Nanocrystalline zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films have been deposited on glass substrates using a sonicated sol-gel dip-coating technique at various thermal annealing (Ta) temperatures. The Ta temperature was varied to range from 300 to 600 °C in intervals of 50 °C in an open atmosphere. To obtain desirab...

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Published in:Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Main Author: Malek M.F.; Mamat M.H.; Musa M.Z.; Khusaimi Z.; Sahdan M.Z.; Suriani A.B.; Ishak A.; Saurdi I.; Rahman S.A.; Rusop M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84901989652&doi=10.1016%2fj.jallcom.2014.05.036&partnerID=40&md5=95e45a4798328fe7ca728a342cd0bcc7