X-ray diffraction techniques for mineral characterization: A review for engineers of the fundamentals, applications, and research directions

A Ali, YW Chiang, RM Santos - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
X-ray diffraction (XRD) is an important and widely used material characterization technique.
With the recent development in material science technology and understanding, various …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in piezoelectric thin films for acoustic biosensors, acoustofluidics and lab-on-chip applications

YQ Fu, JK Luo, NT Nguyen, AJ Walton… - Progress in Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, piezoelectric thin films including zinc oxide (ZnO) and aluminium nitride (AlN)
have found a broad range of lab-on-chip applications such as biosensing, particle/cell …

Green synthesized ZnO nanoparticles using Ganoderma lucidum: Characterization and in vitro nanofertilizer effects

N Sedefoglu, Y Zalaoglu, F Bozok - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials are one of the most popular topics of technological applications in the last
decade, thus it is crucial to synthesize these materials with eco-friendly methods. In the …

Unveiling the annealing-dependent mechanical properties of freestanding indium tin oxide thin films

SJ Oh, JH Kwon, S Lee, KC Choi… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A fundamental understanding of the mechanical behavior of the indium tin oxide (ITO) layer
is very important because cracking and delamination of the ITO layers have been a critical …

Distributed MEMS mass-sensor based on piezoelectric resonant micro-cantilevers

P Joshi, S Kumar, VK Jain, J Akhtar… - Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have realized a distributed mass-sensor using micro-cantilevers. The micro-cantilevers
were actuated using piezoelectric ZnO thin films. The micro-cantilevers layer stack consists …

Residual stress and defect content in magnetron sputtered ZnO films grown on unheated glass substrates

S Kunj, K Sreenivas - Current Applied Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
Structural, vibrational, photoluminescence and photo electron spectroscopic properties of rf
magnetron sputtered ZnO films grown on unheated glass substrates are discussed …

Preparation, characterization and performance evaluation of ZnO deposited polyethylene ultrafiltration membranes for dye and protein separation

V Vatanpour, GN Nekouhi, M Esmaeili - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this research, polyethylene (PE) membrane was prepared by the thermal induced phase
separation and its surface was modified by the growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) crystals on the …

Preparation of RF sputtered AZO/Cu/AZO multilayer films and the investigation of Cu thickness and substrate effects on their microstructural and optoelectronic …

D Mendil, F Challali, T Touam, V Bockelee… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•AZO/Cu/AZO multilayer films were deposited on glass and quartz substrates by
RF magnetron sputter.•Effects of Cu thickness and substrate on the properties of …

Influence of growth time and substrate type on the microstructure and luminescence properties of ZnO thin films deposited by RF sputtering

D Mendil, F Challali, T Touam, A Chelouche… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
We report the preparation by the RF magnetron sputtering technique of ZnO thin films with
deposition times of 50 and 100 min on glass, amorphous quartz, and silica-on-silicon (SiO …

Phases evolution and photocatalytic activity of Cu2O films electrodeposited from a non-pH-adjusted solution

S Budi, M Takahashi, MG Sutrisno… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A pure-phase Cu2O film photocatalyst was successfully prepared by the electrodeposition
technique from a non-pH-adjusted solution. To investigate the phase evolution and …