Low-Temperature Fabrication of High-Performance and Stable GZO/Ag/GZO Multilayer Structures for Transparent Electrode Applications

High-performance flexible Ag nanowire electrode with low-temperature atomic-layer-deposition fabrication of conductive-bridging ZnO film

As material for flexible transparent electrodes for organic photoelectric devices, the silver nanowires (AgNWs) have been widely studied. In this work, we propose a hybrid flexible anode with photopolymer substrate, which is composed of spin-coating-processed AgNW meshes and of zinc oxide (ZnO) prepared by low-temperature (60°C) atomic layer deposition. ZnO effectively fills in the voids of the...

Multilayer Structures for Biomaterial Applications

The cellular response to a biomaterial, such as a dental implant, is mainly governed by the surface properties, and can thus be altered by the introduction of a surface coating. In this thesis the buildup of a biomacromolecule-based coating formed by layerby-layer (LbL) deposition of the charged polypeptides poly(-lysine) (PLL) and poly(glutamic acid) (PGA) has been studied. In an attempt to ...

Fabrication and Analysis of Multilayer Structures for Coherent Thermal Emission

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my wholehearted appreciation to my advisor, Dr. Zhuomin Zhang, for his endless support, encouragement, and guidance during my Ph.D. study. His invaluable advice and constructive suggestions have motivated me to further improve myself and excel in my research. I would also like to thank Dr. Benjamin Tsai (my supervisor during the summer internship pro...

Electrospun metal nanofiber webs as high-performance transparent electrode.

Transparent electrodes, indespensible in displays and solar cells, are currently dominated by indium tin oxide (ITO) films although the high price of indium, brittleness of films, and high vacuum deposition are limiting their applications. Recently, solution-processed networks of nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and silver nanowires have attracted great attention as rep...

High - Performance Insulator Structures for Accelerator Applications