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A statistical method of the design of experiments and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to obtain optimized sputtering conditions for oriented ZnS thin films doped with 5% manganese on glass substrates. The effects on the five sputtering factors—substrate temperature, radio frequency power, sputtering pressure, sputtering time, and pre-sputtering time—were simultaneously investigated by using the design of experiments and ANOVA. Through only 16 experiments, it was proved statistically at the 5% level that the substrate temperature was the only significant control factor. ZnS films were then deposited under the optimized sputtering conditions on fused quartz and thermally annealed in a reducing ambient (5% H2 diluted in Ar) at 500, 600, 700, and 800 °C. It was found that the crystallinity and triboluminescence intensity of the films were enhanced by postannealing up to 700 °C.
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Agyeman, O., Xu, C.N., Suzuki, M. et al. Upgrading the Triboluminescence of ZnS:Mn Film by Optimization of Sputtering and Thermal Annealing Conditions. Journal of Materials Research 17, 959–963 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0143
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0143