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R. Martins
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
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Enhanced UV Flexible Photodetectors and Photocatalysts Based on TiO2 Nanoplatforms
In this study, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructured films were synthesized under microwave irradiation through low temperature synthesis (80 °C) and integrated in ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors and as photocat...
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Effect of solvents on ZnO nanostructures synthesized by solvothermal method assisted by microwave radiation: a photocatalytic study
The present work reports the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles with hexagonal wurtzite structure considering a solvothermal method assisted by microwave radiation and using different solvents: water (H2
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New approach in RNA quantification using arginine-affinity chromatography: potential application in eukaryotic and chemically synthesized RNA
The knowledge of RNA’s role in biological systems and the recent recognition of its potential use as a reliable biotherapeutic tool increase the demand for development and validation of analytical methods for ...
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Nd-YAG Laser Induced Crystallization on a-Si∶H Thin Films
In this paper we present results concerning the influence of laser energy and shot density on the electrical resistance, X-ray diffraction pattern, and structure obtained by SEM, on recrystallized a-Si:H thin ...
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The Structure and Composition of Doped Silicon Oxycarbide Microcrystalline Layers Produced by Spatial Separation Techniques
This work presents experimental data concerning the role of the oxygen partial pressure used during the preparation process, on the structure, composition and optoelectronic properties of wide band gap doped m...
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Role of Power Density, U.V. Light and Hydrogen Dilution on Transition of Amorphous to Microcrystalline Structure on Films Produced by a TCDDC System
The role of deposition condition on content and bond configurations of a–Si:H/μc–Si:H and a–Si:C:H doped films were investigated through IR spectra and correlated with transport properties. The microstructure,...
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Use of μ-Si:H Wide Band Gap N- and P-Type Materials for Producing Solar Cells by a TCDDC System
Amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cells based on p.i. n junctions have been produced by a Two Consecutive Decomposition and Deposition Chamber (TCDDC) system [1], either using Wide Band Gap-μc (WBG-μc) films or...
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Polymorphous Silicon Films Produced in Large Area Reactors by PECVD at 27.12 MHz and 13.56 MHz
This work refers to a study performed on polymorphous silicon (pm-Si:H) at excitation frequencies of 13.56 and 27.12 MHz in a large area PECVD reactor. The plasma was characterised by impedance probe measureme...
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Correlation Between the Tunnelling Oxide and I-V Curves of MIS Photodiodes
In this work we present results of a study performed on MIS diodes with the following structure: substrate (glass) / Cr (2000Å) / a-Si:H n+ (400Å) / a-Si:H i (5500Å) / oxide (0-40Å) / Au (100Å) to determine the i...
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Zinc oxide, a multifunctional material: from material to device applications
In this paper we report on some of the recent advances in transparent thin film oxide semiconductors, specifically zinc oxide produced by radio frequency magnetron sputtering at room temperature, with multifun...
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Role of order and disorder in covalent semiconductors and ionic oxides used to produce thin film transistors
This paper aims to discuss the effect of order and disorder on the electrical performances of covalent silicon semiconductors and ZnO based ionic oxide semiconductors used as active channel layers in thin film...
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A next generation TCO Material for display systems: Molybdenum doped Indium oxide thin films
Thin films of indium molybdenum oxide (IMO) were rf sputtered onto glass substrates at room temperature. The films were studied as a function of sputtering power (ranging 40 – 180 W) and sputtering time (rangi...
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Some studies on Molybdenum doped Indium oxide thin films rf sputtered at room temperature
Thin films of molybdenum doped indium oxide (IMO) were rf sputtered onto glass substrates at room temperature. The films were studied as a function of oxygen volume percentage (OVP) ranging 1.4 - 10.0 in the s...
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Molybdenum doped Indium Oxide thin films prepared by rf sputtering
Molybdenum doped indium oxide (IMO) thin films rf sputtered at room temperature were studied as a function of oxygen volume percentage (O2 vol. %) varied between 0 and 17.5. The as-deposited films were amorphous ...
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Optimization of the metal/silicon ratio on nickel assisted crystallization of amorphous silicon
The aim of this work is to optimize the metal/silicon ratio on nickel metal induced crystallization of silicon. For this purpose amorphous silicon layers with 80, 125 and 220 nm thick were used on the top of w...
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Linearity and sensitivity of MIS position sensitive detectors
The linearity and sensitivity of linear Position Sensitive Detectors (PSD) are the two principal characteristics of sensors to be optimised in sensor fabrication. This work presents several efforts made to und...
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Metal induced crystallization: Gold versus aluminium
In this work metal induced crystallization was studied using aluminium and gold deposited over 150 nm amorphous silicon films grown by LPCVD. Aluminium and gold layers with thickness between 1 and 5 nm were de...
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Influence of Hydrogen plasma on electrical and optical properties of transparent conductive oxides
In this work we study the optical and electrical behavior of ZnO:Ga, ITO and IZO films deposited on glass after sustaining different hydrogen plasma conditions and exposure times. This work was complemented by...
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Amorphous Silicon Based p-i-i-n Structure for Color Sensor
This work deals with the study of the role of the film thickness and composition on the color selectivity of the collecting spectrum of glass/ZnO:Ga/p-a-Si1-xCx:H/ a-Si1-xCx:H /a-Si:H/n-a-Si:H/Al photoelectron...
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Effect of the Load Resistance in the Linearity and Sensitivity of MIS Position Sensitive Detectors
It is experimentally known that the linearity and sensitivity of the position sensitive detectors (PSD) are dependent on the resistance of the collecting layer and of the load resistance, mainly if the detecti...
