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Criteria for Choosing Transparent Conductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Roy G. Gordon
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Transparent, electrically conductive films have been prepared from a wide variety of materials. These include semiconducting oxides of tin, indium, zinc, and cadmium, and metals such as silver, gold, and titanium nitride. In this article, the physical properties of these materials are reviewed and compared.

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 25 , Issue 8: Transparent Conducting Oxides , August 2000 , pp. 52 - 57
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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