Pulsed laser deposition of ZnO nanocluster films by Cu-vapor laser

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Dinh, LN [1 ]
Schildbach, MA [1 ]
Balooch, M [1 ]
McLean, W [1 ]
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[1] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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10.1063/1.370857
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The dependence of stoichiometry, grain size, cathodoluminescence colors, adhesion, and surface morphology of zinc oxide films, deposited by a Cu-vapor laser at room temperature, as a function of oxygen ambient pressure during synthesis were investigated. Auger electron spectroscopy showed that ZnO films with a Zn/O ratio close to 1 were obtained at oxygen pressures > 10(-1) Torr. X-ray diffraction revealed that pulsed laser deposited zinc oxide films were composed mainly of nanocrystals, the average grain size of which grew from 5 to 17.5 nm as the oxygen pressure was increased from 10(-5) to 1 Torr. The surface morphology of the films, as determined by secondary electron microscopy, also exhibited increasing roughness as the grain size increased. Films grown in an oxygen pressure > 1.5x10(-1) Torr glowed blue under electron bombardment, while slightly substoichiometric films glowed white under similar excitation. Films deposited in an oxygen background pressure up to 1.5x10(-1) Torr exhibited good adhesion to substrates. Deposition rate on the order of 4.6 nm/s was obtained. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(99)06314-8].
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