Highly transparent and conducting fluorine-doped ZnO (FZO) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering, using 1.5 wt% zinc fluoride (ZnF2)-doped ZnO as sputtering target. Structural, electrical, and optical properties of the FZO thin films were investigated as a function of substrate temperature ranging from room temperature (RT) to 300°C. The cr...

We report for the first time a non-template based facile growth of hexagonal (β) AgI nanorods and nanoplates easily fabricated by rf magnetron sputtering on Ag/Sn bilayers upon controlled iodination. The structural and morphological evolution of the β-AgI nanostructures is characterized by X-Ray Diffraction, Atomic Force Microscopy and optical spectroscopy. Sputtering induced disorder in precur...