What is it about?
In order to integrate metallic oxides in flexible devices, the temperature at which they are crystallized must be below that of the substrate, which is usually plastic. Lowering these temperatures is a challenge and in this tutorial review you will find a summary of a number of chemical strategies to be followed for films prepared from solutions.
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Why is it important?
In spite of the technological interest of this subject, there were no previous reviews on this specific subject. Both students and senior researchers will find in this work the keys to fabricate successfully metal oxide films at the lowest possible temperature, which allows its direct integration into flexible devices.
Perspectives
I hope that this review makes people aware of the opportunities that will be open when crystalline metal oxides are easily incorporated into any flexible device. And that this is directly linked to the development of chemical strategies that reduce the usually high crystallization temperatures of these oxide films.
Dr Jesús Ricote
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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This page is a summary of: Low-temperature crystallization of solution-derived metal oxide thin films assisted by chemical processes, Chemical Society Reviews, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00917d.
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