Quantum Confinement Effects of Thin Co3O4 Films
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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t (Thickness) (nm) | (eV) | (eV) | t (nm) | (eV) |
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14.5 | 1.55 | 2.27 | 14.0 | 1.55 |
10.9 | 1.56 | 2.29 | 10.0 | 1.55 |
7.3 | 1.56 | 2.32 | 8.0 | 1.55 |
3.6 | 1.58 | 2.43 | 5.0 | 1.56 |
1.8 | 1.60 | 2.60 | 3.0 | 1.58 |
0.9 | 1.61 | 2.69 | 2.0 | 1.60 |
– | – | – | 1.5 | 1.64 |
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Barnasas, A.; Garoufalis, C.S.; Anyfantis, D.I.; Bouropoulos, N.; Poulopoulos, P.; Hayrapetyan, D.B.; Baskoutas, S. Quantum Confinement Effects of Thin Co3O4 Films. Atoms 2021, 9, 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms9040070
Barnasas A, Garoufalis CS, Anyfantis DI, Bouropoulos N, Poulopoulos P, Hayrapetyan DB, Baskoutas S. Quantum Confinement Effects of Thin Co3O4 Films. Atoms. 2021; 9(4):70. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms9040070
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarnasas, Alexandros, Christos S. Garoufalis, Dimitrios I. Anyfantis, Nikolaos Bouropoulos, Panagiotis Poulopoulos, David B. Hayrapetyan, and Sotirios Baskoutas. 2021. "Quantum Confinement Effects of Thin Co3O4 Films" Atoms 9, no. 4: 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms9040070