Accession Number:

AD0835745

Title:

CHARACTERISTIC ELECTRON ENERGY LOSSES IN ZINC OXIDE BY THE TRANSMISSION METHOD.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Bomis, Andrejs

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

54.0

Abstract:

Thin films of ZnO have been prepared by the evaporation of ZnS crystals in an oxygen atmosphere of 0.0005 torr. X-ray analysis showed the films to be of the zinc blende structure. The ZnO film was mounted in a self-supporting manner in an electrostatic energy analyzer system for characteristic energy loss analysis by the transmission of 14 keV electrons. Six interband transitions in the energy range 3.6 eV to 60.0 eV were observed, which were compared to corresponding maxima in ZnO optical reflectivity measurements. An unexplainable anomaly was observed in the value of the principal plasmon peak. Author

Descriptors:

• *BAND THEORY OF SOLIDS
• *ZINC COMPOUNDS
• *SEMICONDUCTING FILMS
• CRYSTAL GROWTH
• OXIDES
• ZINC SULFIDES
• CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
• X RAY DIFFRACTION
• VAPOR PLATING
• VACUUM APPARATUS
• ELECTRON BEAMS
• INTERACTIONS
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
• REFLECTIVITY
• ANOMALIES
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Solid State Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE