Electrical and Optical Properties of Metal Oxide Thin Films
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 1555
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Interests: physics, technology, electrical, and structural properties of dielectric and semiconductor layers; emerging nonvolatile memories; nanoelectronics; gas sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
Metal oxide thin films are among the primary factors boosters of the recent advances in microelectronics and optoelectronics which have resulted in explosive growth in communications and information processing, storage and display applications. Metal oxides present a wide diversity of electrical, optical, magnetic, piezoelectric, and acoustic properties with uses in a wide variety of applications such as: thin-film transistors, light-emitting diodes, piezoelectric transducers, different types of sensors, optical waveguides, photodetectors, photovoltaic cells, surface acoustic wave devices, transparent conductive oxides, etc. A number of advanced deposition techniques, e.g., rf magnetron sputtering, pulsed laser deposition, sol–gel spin coating, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, etc., can be used to obtain metal oxide thin films with different morphologies, crystallinities, electronic and defect structure. The successful application of metal oxides depends to a great extent on finding effective ways to modify and tune their electrical and optical properties.
In this Special Issue, we will address recent progress in metal oxide thin films, the technology behind them, and their advanced characterization. A special focus should be placed on their electrical and optical properties in relation to specific micro-, opto- and acoustoelectronic as well as sensor applications.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for inclusion in this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Albena Paskaleva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal oxide thin films
- electrical and optical properties of metal oxide thin films
- technology of metal oxide thin films
- application of metal oxide thin films