Nanocrystalline ZnSe films were deposited onto glass, quartz and NaCl
substrates by sputtering of a ZnSe target in argon plasma. Optical, mi
crostructural, and photoluminescence studies were carried out in order
to understand the quantization effect, along with optical absorption
and emission processes, in the material in nanocrystalline form. (C) 1
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