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Structural analysis of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films: X-ray diffraction study (2007)
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Senthilarasu, S., Hahn, Y., & Lee, S. (2007). Structural analysis of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films: X-ray diffraction study. Journal of Applied Physics, 102(4), Article 043512. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2771046

X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to analyze the structure of thermally evaporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) organic thin films, as functions of the substrate temperature and film thickness. A metastable α to stable β phase transformation has been ob... Read More about Structural analysis of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films: X-ray diffraction study.

Nano structure formation in vacuum evaporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2007)
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Senthilarasu, S., Hahn, Y., & Lee, S. (2008). Nano structure formation in vacuum evaporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 19(5), 482-486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-007-9368-4

In this article we have reported the nano structure formation in ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films coated on glass substrates by thermal evaporation method. The structure of the films was analyzed by an X-ray diffractometer (using Cu Kα radiation... Read More about Nano structure formation in vacuum evaporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Surfactant-assisted room-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanoclusters (2007)
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Sathyamoorthy, R., Manjuladevi, V., Sudhagar, P., Senthilarasu, S., & Pal, U. (2007). Surfactant-assisted room-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanoclusters. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 105(1), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2007.04.008

CdSe nanoclusters of about 22 nm average size have been synthesized by a surfactant-assisted chemical method at room temperature. The as-grown nanoclusters were near stoichiometric and 70% of them were of hexagonal wurtzite crystalline phase. With un... Read More about Surfactant-assisted room-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanoclusters.

Photoconduction and transport mechanisms in polycrystalline zincphthalocyanine thin films (2007)
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Senthilarasu, S., & Lee, S. (2007). Photoconduction and transport mechanisms in polycrystalline zincphthalocyanine thin films. Crystal Research and Technology, 42(5), 504-510. https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.200610856

Zincphthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films were prepared by the vacuum evaporation method under a pressure of 10-6 mbar. The X-ray diffraction analysis of vacuum evaporated ZnPc films reveals that the structure of the films is polycrystalline in nature. Th... Read More about Photoconduction and transport mechanisms in polycrystalline zincphthalocyanine thin films.

Improvement of device performances by thin interlayer in conjugated polymers/methanofullerene plastic solar cell (2007)
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Park, J., Han, S., Senthilarasu, S., & Lee, S. (2007). Improvement of device performances by thin interlayer in conjugated polymers/methanofullerene plastic solar cell. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91(8), 751-753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solm

Recent studies have reported that a thin interlayer between poly(3, 4-ethylene dioxythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT: PSS) and an emissive polymer layer leads to a large increase in the performances of polymer light-emitting diodes (PLED... Read More about Improvement of device performances by thin interlayer in conjugated polymers/methanofullerene plastic solar cell.

Dielectric and ac conduction properties of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2007)
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Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Ascencio, J., Lee, S., & Hahn, Y. (2007). Dielectric and ac conduction properties of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Journal of Applied Physics, 101(3), Article 034111. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2435805

The dielectric responses of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films, deposited using the vacuum evaporation technique, were studied as functions of frequency and temperature. The conductivity of the deposited films decreases with increase in temperatur... Read More about Dielectric and ac conduction properties of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Structural Orientations and Optical Bandgap of Zinc Phthalocyanine (ZnPc) Thin Films: Modification by Substrate Temperature (2006)
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Sathyamoorthy, R., & Senthilarasu, S. (2007). Structural Orientations and Optical Bandgap of Zinc Phthalocyanine (ZnPc) Thin Films: Modification by Substrate Temperature. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 154(1), https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2372580

The variations of the structural orientations and optical bandgap values have been reported for the zinc phthalocyanine thin film coated on elevated substrate temperatures. The optical bandgap energy values are estimated from the Q band maximum. The... Read More about Structural Orientations and Optical Bandgap of Zinc Phthalocyanine (ZnPc) Thin Films: Modification by Substrate Temperature.

Effect of substrate temperature on the optical constants of zincphthalocyanine thin films (2006)
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Senthilarasu, S., & Sathyamoorthy, R. (2006). Effect of substrate temperature on the optical constants of zincphthalocyanine thin films. Crystal Research and Technology, 41(11), 1136-1141. https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.200610734

The influence of the film thickness and substrate temperature on optical constants of the vacuum evaporated ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films have been reported in this paper. The direct and allowed optical band gap energy has been evaluated fro... Read More about Effect of substrate temperature on the optical constants of zincphthalocyanine thin films.

Electronic structure, structural and optical properties of thermally evaporated CdTe thin films (2006)
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Lalitha, S., Karazhanov, S., Ravindran, P., Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., & Janabergenov, J. (2007). Electronic structure, structural and optical properties of thermally evaporated CdTe thin films. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 387(1-2), 227-238. ht

Thin films of CdTe were deposited on glass substrates by thermal evaporation. From the XRD measurements it is found that the films are of zinc-blende-type structure. The lattice parameter was determined as a = 6.529 Å, which is larger than 6.48 Å of... Read More about Electronic structure, structural and optical properties of thermally evaporated CdTe thin films.

Influence of RMS strain on optical band gap of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2005)
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Sathyamoorthy, R., & Senthilarasu, S. (2006). Influence of RMS strain on optical band gap of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Solar Energy, 80(2), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2005.06.005

The Flash evaporated ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films were analyzed using atomic force microscope (AFM). A homogeneous distribution of crystalline domains can be observed from the image. The crystallite size increases with increase in film thickn... Read More about Influence of RMS strain on optical band gap of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Substrate temperature effects on structural orientations and optical properties of ZincPthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2005)
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Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., & Kulkarni, S. (2005). Substrate temperature effects on structural orientations and optical properties of ZincPthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 122(2), 100-105. https://doi.org/10.1

The effect of substrate temperature on structural and optical properties of vacuum evaporated ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films have been studied by the X-ray diffraction method (XRD) and spectrophotometer, respectively. The X-ray diffraction anal... Read More about Substrate temperature effects on structural orientations and optical properties of ZincPthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Structural properties of swift heavy ion beam irradiated Fe/Si bilayers (2005)
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Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Lalitha, S., & Avasthi, D. (2005). Structural properties of swift heavy ion beam irradiated Fe/Si bilayers. Thin Solid Films, 490(2), 177-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.04.051

The Fe/Si multilayers were prepared by electron beam evaporation in a cryo-pumped vacuum deposition system. Ag+ and Au+ ions of 100 MeV at two different fluencies such as 1 × 1012 ions/cm2 and 1 × 1013 ions/cm2 at a pressure of 10− 7 torr were used t... Read More about Structural properties of swift heavy ion beam irradiated Fe/Si bilayers.

Electrical conduction properties of ZnPc/TiO2 thin films (2005)
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Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Lalitha, S., & Subbarayan, A. (2006). Electrical conduction properties of ZnPc/TiO2 thin films. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 90(6), 783-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2005.04.015

In this paper we have reported the electrical properties of Al/ZnPc–TiO2/Al thin film device. The composite layers were prepared by the vacuum evaporation of ZnPc and sol–gel-coated TiO2. The current–voltage characteristics are found to be Ohmic and... Read More about Electrical conduction properties of ZnPc/TiO2 thin films.

Influence of CdCl2 treatment on structural and optical properties of vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films (2005)
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Lalitha, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Senthilarasu, S., & Subbarayan, A. (2006). Influence of CdCl2 treatment on structural and optical properties of vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 90(6), 694-703. https://doi.org/10.1

In this article we have discussed the structural, optical properties of vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films before and after CdCl2 treatment. The CdTe thin films were prepared by vacuum evaporation. Films were prepared under the vacuum of 10−6 Torr. Th... Read More about Influence of CdCl2 treatment on structural and optical properties of vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films.

Structural properties of CdTe thin films on different substrates (2005)
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Chandramohan, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Lalitha, S., & Senthilarasu, S. (2006). Structural properties of CdTe thin films on different substrates. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 90(6), 686-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2005.04.005

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin films were grown by thermal evaporation method on glass and thin metallic foils such as stainless steel (SS) and molybdenum (Mo). The as-deposited film structure was studied by X-ray diffractometer. Films coated on glass... Read More about Structural properties of CdTe thin films on different substrates.

Influence of electrode on electrical conduction of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2005)
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Sathyamoorthy, R., Senthilarasu, S., Lalitha, S., & Subbarayan, A. (2006). Influence of electrode on electrical conduction of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 90(6), 770-782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.20

The electrical conduction properties of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films have been studied using copper, silver and aluminium electrodes. The sandwich structures were prepared by the thermal evaporation method. The I–V characteristics were invest... Read More about Influence of electrode on electrical conduction of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Space charge limited current conduction in ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2005)
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Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., Lalitha, S., & Subbarayan, A. (2005). Space charge limited current conduction in ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Solid-State Electronics, 49(5), 813-817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sse.2005.01.007

The electrical conduction properties of ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films, sandwiched between Aluminium electrodes (metal–semiconductor–metal) were investigated at the temperature range 303–483 K. At the low-voltage region the current conduction i... Read More about Space charge limited current conduction in ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Electrical conduction properties of flash evaporated ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films (2004)
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Sathyamoorthy, R., Senthilarasu, S., Lalitha, S., Subbarayan, A., Natarajan, K., & Mathew, X. (2004). Electrical conduction properties of flash evaporated ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 82(1-2), 169-177. http

Solar energy as the principle source has become very attractive, as it is abundantly available, can be tapped locally, pollution free and commercially viable over a period. Solar energy may be converted to other forms of higher-grade energy through o... Read More about Electrical conduction properties of flash evaporated ZincPhthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films.

Synthesis and characterization of β-FeSi2 grown by thermal annealing of Fe/Si bilayers for photovoltaic applications (2004)
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Senthilarasu, S., Sathyamoorthy, R., & Lalitha, S. (2004). Synthesis and characterization of β-FeSi2 grown by thermal annealing of Fe/Si bilayers for photovoltaic applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 82(1-2), 299-305. https://doi.org/10.

In this article we have reported the synthesis and characterization of FeSi2 thin films. The Fe/Si thin films were obtained by electron beam evaporation. Thermal annealing was carried out at 650°C for 1 h. The formation of the β-FeSi2 layers were cha... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of β-FeSi2 grown by thermal annealing of Fe/Si bilayers for photovoltaic applications.