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      On the microstructure of thin films grown by an isotropically directed deposition flux 

      Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Romero Gómez, Pablo; Gil Rostra, Jorge; Cotrino Bautista, José; Yubero Valencia, Francisco; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto; Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín (American Institute of Physics, 2010)
      The influence of isotropically directed deposition flux on the formation of the thin film microstructure at low temperatures ...
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      Patterning and control of the nanostructure in plasma thin films with acoustic waves: Mechanical: vs. electrical polarization effects 

      García Valenzuela, Aurelio; Fakhfouri, Armaghan; Oliva Ramírez, Manuel; Rico-Gavira, Víctor Joaquín; Rojas Ruiz, Teresa Cristina; Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Menzel, Siegfried B.; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto; Winkler, Andreas; Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021)
      Nanostructuration and 2D patterning of thin films are common strategies to fabricate biomimetic surfaces and components ...
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      Perspectives on oblique angle deposition of thin films: From fundamentals to devices 

      Barranco Quero, Ángel; Borrás Martos, Ana Isabel; Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto (Elsevier, 2016)
      The oblique angle configuration has emerged as an invaluable tool for the deposition of nanostructured thin films. This ...
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      Plasmas and Acoustic Waves to Pattern the Nanostructure and Chemistry of Thin Films 

      Rico, V.; Regodón, G. F.; García Valenzuela, A.; Alcaide, A. M.; Oliva Ramirez, Manuel; Rojas, T. C.; Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Palomares, F. J.; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto; González Elipe, Agustín Rodríguez (Acta Materialia Inc, 2023)
      In this work, piezoelectric AWs and plasmas have been brought together during the growth of a thin film as a novel methodology ...
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      Positron annihilation analysis of nanopores and growth mechanism of oblique angle evaporated TiO2 and SiO2 thin films and multilayers 

      García Valenzuela, Aurelio; Butterling, Maik; Liedke, Maciej Oskar; Hirschmann, Eric; Trinh, Thu Trang; Attallah, Ahmed G.; Wagner, Andreas; Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Gil Rostra, Jorge; Rico, Víctor; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto; González Elipe, Agustín Rodríguez (Elsevier B.V., 2020-03-15)
      The nano-porosity embedded into the tilted and separated nanocolumns characteristic of the microstructure of evaporated ...
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      SiOx by magnetron sputtered revisited: tailoring the photonic properties of multilayers 

      García Valenzuela, Aurelio; Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Espinós, Juan P.; Rico, Víctor; Gil Rostra, Jorge; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto; González Elipe, Agustín Rodríguez (Elsevier B.V., 2019-09-15)
      Traditionally porous silicon based photonic structures have been prepared by electrochemically etching of silicon. In this ...
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      Stoichiometric Control of SiOx Thin Films Grown by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering at Oblique Angles 

      García Valenzuela, Aurelio; Álvarez, Rafael; López Santos, Carmen; Ferrer, Francisco; Rico, Victor; Guillén Guillén, Elena; Alcón Camas, M.; Escobar-Galindo, Ramón; González Elipe, Agustín Rodríguez; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto (Wiley, 2016)
      The deposition of SiOx (x < 2) compound thin films by the reactive magnetron sputtering technique at oblique angles is ...
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      Structural control in porous/compact multilayer systems grown by magnetron sputtering 

      García Valenzuela, Aurelio; López Santos, Carmen; Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Rico, Víctor; Cotrino Bautista, José; González Elipe, Agustín Rodríguez; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto (Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPSCIENCE), 2017-10-23)
      In this work we analyze a phenomenon that takes place when growing magnetron sputtered porous/compact multilayer systems ...
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      Structure and Void Connectivity in Nanocolumnar Thin Films Grown by Magnetron Sputtering at Oblique Angles 

      Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Regodón Harkness, Guillermo Fernando; Acosta Rivera, Hiedra; Rico, Victor; Alcala, Germán; González Elipe, Agustín Rodríguez; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto (MDPI, 2023-06)
      The morphology and void connectivity of thin films grown by a magnetron sputtering deposition technique at oblique geometries ...
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      Surface nanostructuring of TiO2 thin films by high energy ion irradiation 

      Romero Gómez, Pablo; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto; Ben, Teresa; Lozano Suárez, Juan Gabriel; Molina, Sergio I.; Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín (American Institute of Physics, 2010)
      The effects of a high ion dose irradiation on TiO2 thin films under different conditions of temperature and ion nature are ...
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      Surface nanostructuring of TiO2 thin films by ion beam irradiation 

      Romero Gómez, Pablo; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto; Yubero Valencia, Francisco; Vinnichenko, M.; Kolitsch, A.; Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín (Pergamon Press, 2009)
      This work reports a procedure to modify the surface nanostructure of TiO2 anatase thin films through ion beam irradiation ...
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      Theoretical and experimental characterization of TiO2 thin films deposited at oblique angles 

      Álvarez Molina, Rafael; González García, Lola; Romero Gómez, Pablo; Rico-Gavira, Víctor Joaquín; Cotrino Bautista, José; Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2011)
      The microstructural features of amorphous TiO2 thin films grown by the electron beam physical vapour deposition technique ...
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      Thin film nanostructuring at oblique angles by substrate patterning 

      Muñoz-Piña, Sandra; Márquez Alcaide, Antonio José; Limones-Ahijón, Blanca; Oliva Ramírez, Manuel; Rico-Gavira, Víctor Joaquín; Alcalá Penadés, Germán; González Sagardoy, Maria Ujué; García-Martín, José Miguel; Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Wang, Dong; Schaaf, Peter; Rodríguez González-Elipe, Agustín; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto (Elsevier, 2022-04)
      It is demonstrated that, besides classical nanocolumnar arrays, the oblique angle geometry induces the growth of singular ...
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      Tilt angle control of nanocolumns grown by glancing angle sputtering at variable argon pressures 

      García-Martín, José Miguel; Álvarez Molina, Rafael; Romero Gómez, Pablo; Cebollada, Alfonso; Palmero Acebedo, Alberto (American Institute of Physics, 2010)
      We show that the tilt angle of nanostructures obtained by glancing angle sputtering is finely tuned by selecting the ...