We describe the experimental method to deposit nanostructured oxide thin films by nanosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) in the presence of a background gas. By using this method Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films, from compact to hierarchically structured as nano-tree forests, can be deposited.
Gondoni, P., Ghidelli, M., Di Fonzo, F., Li Bassi, A., Casari, C. S. Fabrication of Nano-engineered Transparent Conducting Oxides by Pulsed Laser Deposition. J. Vis. Exp. (72), e50297, doi:10.3791/50297 (2013).