In this paper, stearic acid/Zn2+ monolayer were formed at air–water interface and then multilayers were deposited onto a glass slide by Langmuir–Blodgett method. After annealing at 300°C for 0.25 h and 550°C for 2 h, ZnO thin films were fabricated. The optimized parameters for monolayer...

High-quality Nd:LuVO4 thin films have been grown on silica glass substrates by using a pulsed laser deposition technique. X-ray diffraction results show that the as-deposited Nd:LuVO4 film is basically oriented polycrystalline, and strong (200) peak was revealed. The waveguide property was...

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is being investigated as an alternative technique to prepare hydroxyapatite coatings. In this research we studied the microstructure and phase composition of the PLD hydroxyapatite films. The surface morphology of the films is composed of droplets for which size...