Effect of Capping Agent on Structure, Composition, and Optical Properties of Low-Cost Chemically Deposited Zinc Oxide Thin Films and Their Antibacterial Activities

Table 1

Structural parameters for SILAR-deposited ZnO and albumen-capped ZnO thin films.

Samples	Thickness (nm)	Lattice constants (Å)		c/a	Unit cell volume (Å^3)	APF	Bond length, L (Å)	Crystallite size, (D) (nm)	Strain, (ε) x 10^−3\ (line^−2 metre^−4)	Dislocation density, (δ) (10^14 lines metre^−2)
		c	a
ZnO	1130	5.105	3.004	1.699	39.89	0.702	1.220	35	1.019	8.163
Albumen-capped ZnO	1120	5.166	3.112	1.660	43.32	0.728	1.227	21	1.631	22.673