Microstructural investigation of CaxCo4Sb12 films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

Pulsed laser deposition of doped skutterudite thin films

“…These results confirm our preliminary tests reported in Ref. [14] that showed that working in the visible range rather than in the UV range (in that case 355 nm) led to a better achievement of the skutterudite phase, but also to lesser droplet density.…”

“…The last technique proved to be particularly well suited and detailed investigations of the influence of some deposition parameters have been carried out [9,10]. The preparation of thin films of partially filled or filled skutterudites has been less investigated [12][13][14]. All these studies put forward the great influence of the deposition parameters.…”

Structural properties of thermoelectric CoSb3 skutterudite thin films prepared by molecular beam deposition

“…Films with this stoichiometry exhibit the smoothest surface. This is in agreement with results reported for PLD deposited films [32]. For large deviations of the Sb content, island like or column like structures can be found.…”

The effect of different gas atmospheres on luminescent properties of pulsed laser ablated SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+ thinfilms

“…Thus, the gas affects the spatial distribution, the deposition rate, the energy and distribution of ablated particles thereby controlling the cluster formation, cluster size, cluster energy and particle distribution [11]. Dauscher et al [12] investigated the influence of argon atmosphere on the microstructural properties of Ca x CO 4 Sb 12 films prepared by pulsed laser deposition and found that the films deposited in argon atmosphere were more delaminated than those prepared in vacuum. The report from Supab et al [13] on laser ablated ZnO nanorods showed that the growth rate of nanostructures in oxygen atmosphere was slower than in argon atmosphere.…”