Editing Indium tin oxide (section)

==Benefits==
[[File:44665-11.png|thumb|Surface morphology changes in Al:ZnO and i-/Al:ZnO upon damp heat (DH) exposure ([[optical interferometry]])<ref name=dampheat>{{cite web|title=Stability Issues of Transparent Conducting Oxides (TCOs) for Thin-Film Photovoltaics|date=December 2008|author=Pern, John |publisher=U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory|url=http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy09osti/44665.pdf}}</ref>]]
The primary advantage of ITO compared to AZO as a transparent conductor for [[liquid crystal display|LCDs]] is that ITO can be precisely etched into fine patterns.<ref name=Ginley>{{cite book|author=David Ginley|title=Handbook of Transparent Conductors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0qjBlrAGYsC&pg=PA524|date=11 September 2010|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4419-1638-9|pages=524–}}</ref> AZO cannot be etched as precisely: It is so sensitive to acid that it tends to get over-etched by an acid treatment.<ref name=Ginley/>

Another benefit of ITO compared to AZO is that if moisture does penetrate, ITO will degrade less than AZO.<ref name=dampheat/>

The role of ITO glass as a cell culture substrate can be extended easily, which opens up new opportunities for studies on growing cells involving [[electron microscopy]] and correlative light.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pluk |first1=H. |last2=Stokes |first2=D.J. |last3=Lich |first3=B. |last4=Wieringa |first4=B. |last5=Fransen |first5=J. |title=Advantages of indium-tin oxide-coated glass slides in correlative scanning electron microscopy applications of uncoated cultured cells |journal=Journal of Microscopy |date=March 2009 |volume=233 |issue=3 |pages=353–363 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03140.x |pmid=19250456 |s2cid=5489454 }}</ref>