The in-air stability of a novel solar absorber coating type based on aluminium titanium oxynitride nanocomposites deposited ...

The effect of applying a negative bias during deposition of a previously designed multilayer solar selective absorber ...

In situ Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) were applied to study the ...

In this paper, a series of polymer composites made from acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate (ASA) and poly (ether ether ketone) ...

The thermal stability of two AlyTi1- y(OxN1-x) layers prepared by cathodic vacuum arc deposition with different oxygen ...

Titanium oxide films were deposited at room temperature and with no applied bias using a filtered cathodic vacuum arc ...

Two multilayer solar selective absorber coatings [Al/CrN0.95/Cr0.96Al0.04N1.08/Cr0.53Al0.47N1.12/Al2O3 (stack #1) and ...

El objetivo general de este trabajo es una investigación documental sobre los materiales, técnicas y resultados obtenidos ...

The transparent conductive oxide (TCO) SnO2:Ta is developed as a selectively solar-transmitting coating for concentrated ...

ZnO films with Ti atoms incorporated (TZO) in a wide range (0–18 at.%) have been grown by reactive co-sputtering on silicon ...

The durability of two solar-selective aluminium titanium oxynitride multilayer coatings was studied under conditions ...

A new cluster tool for in situ real-time processing and depth-resolved compositional, structural and optical characterization ...

Aluminium titanium oxynitrides were studied as candidate materials for high temperature absorbers in solar selective ...

It has been shown recently that the perovskite oxide SrVO3 is a transparent conductor with optical and electrical properties ...

The optimisation of the specular reflectance of solar collectors is a key parameter to increase the global yield of ...

ZnO is probably one of the most studied oxides since ZnO nanostructures are a very rich family of nanomaterials with a ...

The optimum reflection of the solar spectrum at well-defined incident directions as well as its durability in time are, ...

Solar selective coatings based on carbon transition metal carbide nanocomposite absorber layers were designed. Pulsed ...

ZnO p-type thin films were deposited by dual acceptor co-doping using nitrogen and silver via DC reactive magnetron ...

Target poisoning in reactive magnetron sputtering deposition of thin films is an undesired phenomenon, well known for ...

Increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix has a key function for the security of energy supply and the reduction ...

The deposition of SiOx (x < 2) compound thin films by the reactive magnetron sputtering technique at oblique angles is ...

Nowadays, with the increase of elderly population and related health problems, knee and hip joint prosthesis are being ...

The total emissivity of the absorbing surfaces is a critical parameter in the calculation of the radiative thermal losses ...

Nowadays, antibacterial properties are becoming a viable feature to be introduced in biomaterials due to the possibility ...

AgDLC coatings were deposited by magnetron sputtering in order to evaluate: i) the Ag nanoparticle size distribution along ...

We determine the optical properties of nanocomposites comprising gold nanoparticles embedded in a titania matrix using ...

The design of an efficient and stable solar selective coating for Concentrating Solar Power central receivers requires a ...

CrAlYN coatings with different aluminum (4–12 at.%) and yttrium (2–5 at.%) contents are deposited by d.c. reactive magnetron ...

A systematic study of TiO2 films deposited by dc filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) was carried out by varying the ...

Solar selective coating multilayers deposited by magnetron sputtering and containing Mo:Si3N4 cermet as the absorber layer ...

The growth of nanostructured ZnO thin films on nanoporous anodic alumina substrates (NAAF) by dc reactive magnetron ...

The aim of this study was to verify the possible physical and chemical changes that may occur on the surface of Ag–TiCN ...

The roughness induced during glow-discharge optical-emission spectroscopy (GDOES) measurements has been reported to cause ...

In this work, ferroelectric (Bi0.5Na0.5)1 – xBaxTiO3 thin films were fabricated by chemical solution deposition (CSD) with ...

The oxidation resistance of CrAl(Y)N coatings deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering on P92 steel substrates was tested ...

A novel selective coating material based on Mo–Si3N4 has been investigated for the first time. Accurate combination of the ...

Considering it is somewhat difficult to crystallize thermochromic nickelates through a soft process, a major challenge in ...

In the present study, nanocomposite coatings of Au clusters embedded in two different oxides, TiO2 and Al2O3, were synthesized ...

Environmental characterization of optical and structural properties of thin films continues to be a challenging task. To ...

(Bi0.5Na0.5)1-xBax TiO3 (BNBT), which exhibits compositions for the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) where exist an ...

For many high-temperature applications, coatings are applied in order to protect structural materials against a wide range ...

he main requirements for transparent conducting oxide (TCO) films acting as electrodes are a high transmission rate in the ...

A complete experimental study of temperature dependence of the total spectral emissivity has been performed, for the first ...

Zirconium carbonitride coatings with silver nanoparticles were produced by DC unbalanced dual magnetron sputtering system, ...

Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES), angle-resolved x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS) and x-ray photoelectron ...

New multifunctional materials based on well-established materials to which functional properties are added, such as ...

Surface modification by means of wear protective and antibacterial coatings represents, nowadays, a crucial challenge in ...

In this work, we report the successful growth of ZnO nanostructured films by oblique angle magnetron sputtering deposition ...

This paper is focused on the sputtering process and on the structure, chemical composition and mechanical properties of ...

XANES and RBS were used to explore the structural phase and composition transitions of ultrathin films with Ti(12x)Zn2xO2 ...

urface modification of bulk materials used in biomedical applications has become an important prerequisite for better ...

The great interest of mixed metal–silicon oxides lies in their suitability, among other applications, as optical coatings ...

A systematic study for the optimization of the deposition process of ZnO thin films grown by dc magnetron sputtering at ...

Low-emissivity (low-e) coatings on glass are nowadays extensively used for energy saving applications in architectural ...

Cr–O–Al thin film mixed oxides grown on Si (100) substrates by reactive magnetron sputtering using different target ...

Ag–TiCN coatings were deposited by dc reactive magnetron sputtering and their structural and morphological properties were ...

Transparent Al-doped ZnO thin films were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering with different oxygen flow rates. The ...

The development of mixed-oxide thin films allows obtaining materials with better properties than those of the different ...

A simple diffusion model is proposed to estimate the growth kinetics of Fe2B layers created at the surface of pure iron. ...

Ti–Si–C–ON films were deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering and their chemical properties, biofilm formation and ...

ZrCN coatings were deposited by dc reactive magnetron sputtering with N2 flows ranging from 2 to 10 sccm in order to ...

In this work, we have studied the improvement on the oxidation resistance of AlCrN-based coatings by adding a subsurface ...

Detailed structural, microstructural, biofilm formation and cytotoxicity studies were performed on Ti–Si–C–ON hard coatings ...

We have investigated the relation between the structure and morphology of TiN coatings with their optical properties. ...

Ti-doped In2O3 (ITiO) thin films have been prepared by electron beam physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD). Their optical ...

Silver-containing diamond-like-carbon (DLC) is a promising material for biomedical implants due to its excellent combination ...

The present study characterizes the surface of AISI 4140 steels exposed to the paste-boriding process. The formation of ...

An increasing amount of effort is currently being directed towards the development of new functionalized nanostructured ...

Aluminium doped zinc oxide thin films (4 at.% Al) were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering technique and characterized ...

In this study, cemented carbide ball nose end mills with nano-crystalline Al0.67Ti0.33N hard PVD coatings deposited by ...

We examine here the depth resolution (interface width) in elemental analysis and depth profiling of complex layer systems ...

This study evaluates the morphology of borided interfaces by means of the fractal theory. The boride layers were formed ...

Ti–Si–C–ON films were deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering using different partial pressure ratio of oxygen (pO2) ...

Elemental in-depth analysis of the Y–Pd thin film under hydrogenation/dehydrogenation has been performed by Glow Discharge ...

In this study, we have grown silver-containing hydrogenated (a-C:H) and non-hydrogenated (a-C) amorphous carbon coatings ...

The broadening effects found in the depth profiles of abrupt periodic multilayers obtained by Glow Discharge Optical ...

Ti–Si–C–ON films were deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering using different partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) and ...

We have studied the magnetic properties of [Ag(tAg)/Co(1.2nm)]60 multilayers grown in an oxygen atmosphere. Partial oxidation ...

A mechanical characterization study of the whole range (ZrO2)1−x–(Y2O3)x system is presented for thin film samples. Films ...

Quantitative GDOES studies in protective coating materials (oxides, nitrides, oxynitrides, etc.) are severely limited by ...

Hydrogenated diamond-like-carbon (a-C:H) and hydrogen-free amorphous carbon (a-C) coatings are known to be biocompatible ...

In this work, we have studied the influence of the coating design and composition on the oxidation behavior of AlxCr1−xN ...

In most of the industrial applications of multilayer coatings, a detailed knowledge of the interlayer structure and the ...

Chromium nitride coatings have been deposited on silicon by magnetron sputtering in an Ar + N2 atmosphere at different ...

In this work, we address the capability of glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES) for fast and accurate depth ...

In this paper we present the first combined Positron Beam Analysis (PBA) and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy ...

Thin coatings of poly-ethylene terephthalate (PET) on metal (“laminates”) have been studied with a variable energy positron ...

A novel technique involving combined sputtering and electroplating procedures has been recently developed to deposit ...

The crater shape effects in GDOES depth profiling of multilayer metal coatings, with an individual thickness layer >500 ...

A modified blister test has been developed based on helium ion implantation into selected areas of the metal substrate ...

In depth profile analysis by radio-frequency glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (rf-GDOES) techniques, the depth ...

Intrinsic stress in amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) coatings was reduced through addition of 10–20 sccm N2 to the ...

Organic-inorganic hybrid membranes of nanosized SiO2-filled polyamide compos-ites were prepared via film casting and their ...

This paper describes an investigation into the migration and coalescence of equilibrium bubbles in helium implanted copper. ...

Surface effects on (1 1 1) copper single crystal surfaces after 30 keV helium implantation up to 2.4 × 1016 ions cm−2 and ...

In this work we have studied the adhesion of PVD amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) thin coatings (<200 nm) on crystalline ...

Positron beam techniques have been employed to characterise low-k dielectric silica based films, which have two or three ...

Non-destructive Doppler Broadening (DB), Positronium fraction (f-Ps) and Two Dimensional Angular Correlation of Annihilation ...

The porosity in particle reinforced sol-gel coatings has been studied. Silica particles (Ludox-TM40) are introduced into ...

Depth-selective 2D-ACAR investigations on ordered mesoporous silica thin films provide direct evidence that para-positronium ...

Two sets of ZrO2 thin films have been prepared at room temperature by ion beam induced chemical vapour deposition and ...

An electrostatic variable energy positron beam for studying defects in ceramic coatings, polymer films and MOS-devices is ...

An overview is given of the extension of the Delft variable energy positron (VEP) beam facility with equipment for in situ ...

Positron beam analysis (PBA) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were applied to study structural transformations ...

Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) has proven to be a very useful technique for, e.g., the study of defects in ...

Results of positron annihilation measurements on NaY pressed powders and deposited thin films using slow positron beam and ...