Wet chemical deposition of transparent conducting coatings made of redispersable crystalline ITO nanoparticles on glass and polymeric substrates [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Naji Al-Dahoudi

Wet chemical deposition of transparent conducting coatings made of redispersable crystalline ITO nanoparticles on glass and polymeric substrates Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades des Doktors der Ingenieurwissenschaften der Naturwissenschaftlich- Technischen Fakultät III Chemie, Pharmazie und Werkstoffwissenschaften der Universität des Saarlandes Vorgelegt von Naji Al-Dahoudi Saarbrücken 2003 2 Gedruckt mit Unterstützung des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes Tag des Kolloquiums: 18.07.2003 Dekan: Professor Dr. Horst Vehoff Berichterstatter: Professor Dr. Michel A. Aegerter Berichterstatter: Professor Dr. Wulff Possart Vorsitzender: Professor Dr. Michael Veith Beisitzer Dr. Andreas Rammo I Acknowledgment I want to express my gratitude to all people who supported my work for this thesis. Most important of course Prof. Dr. M. A. Aegerter who continuously encouraged and supported this work and who provided intensive supervision, valuable suggestion and good proof reading of my thesis. I am most grateful to the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) for the financial support of my study and stay in Germany. I am very grateful to all my colleagues at the Institute für Neue Materialien (INM), Christian Göbbert, Harish Bisht, Dr. J. Pütz and Dr. S. Heusing who were always willing to help and discuss. The atmosphere has always been a perfect source of motivation.