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Light Emission from Zinc Oxide Nanoforest Plasma

Abstract

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<p>Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods were grown through chemical bath deposition tech- nique on different substrates, such as highly p-doped silicon microstructures, low p-doped silicon and silicon dioxide. High voltage (up to 80 V) induced plasma formation is reported with high intensity arcs of characteristic blue light. Easy and reproducible plasma formation is obtained on patterned microstructures of highly doped silicon. Both DC stress and AC stress with variable frequency were applied (up to 10 KHz) as well as short duration pulses (from 1 to 100 μs) to the pads of the silicon microstructures causing excitation of free electrons in the plasma and more atomic transitions to be present compared to the DC case.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical Engineering
Year dc:date.available
2012

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Lucera, Luca
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Ali Gokirmak
  • Helena Silva | Alexander G. Agrios

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/gs_theses/311
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu:gs_theses-1351

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2026-07-24
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citation

Lucera, Luca. Light Emission from Zinc Oxide Nanoforest Plasma. 2012. https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/gs_theses/311