This Review highlights basic and transition metal conducting and semiconducting oxides.
We discuss their material and electronic properties with an emphasis on the crystal …

Wide bandgap oxide semiconductors constitute a unique class of materials that combine
properties of electrical conductivity and optical transparency. They are being widely used as …

Point defects and impurities strongly affect the physical properties of materials and have a
decisive impact on their performance in applications. First-principles calculations have …

In the past ten years we have witnessed a revival of, and subsequent rapid expansion in, the
research on zinc oxide (ZnO) as a semiconductor. Being initially considered as a substrate …

We have performed a comprehensive first-principles investigation of native point defects in
ZnO based on density functional theory within the local density approximation (LDA) as well …

Wide band gap semiconductors are essential for today's electronic devices and energy
applications because of their high optical transparency, controllable carrier concentration …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a fascinating wide band gap semiconductor material with many
properties that make it widely studied in the material science, physics, chemistry …

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in ZnO nanostructures due to their variety
of morphologies and availability of simple and low cost processing. While there are still …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a wide band gap semiconductor with potential applications in
optoelectronics, transparent electronics, and spintronics. The high efficiency of UV emission …

Over the last 6 years the field of transparent conducting oxides has had a dramatic increase
in interest with a huge influx in the number of active groups and the diversity of materials and …