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Hybrid disordered blends formed from fullerene porous layers and zinc oxide grown by atomic layer deposition

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Thermally evaporated fullerene C60 porous films served as templates for a hybrid (molecular-inorganic) disordered blend formation. C60 films were covered with zinc oxide (ZnO) grown by atomic layer deposition. ZnO filled every pore in the C60 layer which led to the formation of C60–ZnO films with separate and distinguishable phases of C60 and ZnO constituents. Morphological, structural, optical, and electrical properties of the so-obtained films were investigated. Deposition of ZnO polycrystalline films on C60 porous layers resulted in the formation of ZnO with additional structural defects, compared to the films grown on planar substrates, which affected the electrical transport in the ZnO–C60 layers.

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Acknowledgements

The work was partially supported by the National Science Centre (NCN, Poland) under decision No. DEC-2012/07/D/ST3/02145. TEM investigations were supported by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR, Poland) under decision No. PBS1/A5/27/2012.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    G. Luka, B. S. Witkowski, L. Wachnicki & M. Godlewski

  2. Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

    M. Andrzejczuk & M. Lewandowska

  3. University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland

    I. S. Virt

  4. Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Drohobych, Ukraine

    I. S. Virt

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Luka, G., Witkowski, B.S., Wachnicki, L. et al. Hybrid disordered blends formed from fullerene porous layers and zinc oxide grown by atomic layer deposition. J Mater Sci 50, 4132–4141 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-8970-8

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