Self-lubricating ceramic cutting tool material with the addition of nickel coated CaF2 solid lubricant powders

G Wu, C Xu, G Xiao, M Yi, Z Chen, L Xu - International Journal of Refractory …, 2016 - Elsevier
A new type of self-lubricating ceramic cutting tool material with the addition of metal coated
solid lubricant powders was developed. Nickel coated CaF 2 composite powders with core …

Giant mechanocaloric effects in fluorite-structured superionic materials

C Cazorla, D Errandonea - Nano letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mechanocaloric materials experience a change in temperature when a mechanical stress is
applied on them adiabatically. Thus, far, only ferroelectrics and superelastic metallic alloys …

Fractal characterization of the silicon surfaces produced by ion beam irradiation of varying fluences

RP Yadav, T Kumar, AK Mittal, S Dwivedi… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Si (1 0 0) is bombarded with 200 keV Ar+ ion beam at oblique incidence with
fluences ranging from 3× 10 17 ions/cm 2 to 3× 10 18 ions/cm 2. The surface morphology of …

SERS detection of rhodamine-6G on ion beam nanostructured ultra-thin gold (Au) films: a correlation between fractal growth, water contact-angle and Raman intensity

P Jasrotia, B Priya, R Kumar, P Bishnoi… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) detection of rhodamine-6G on gold
nanostructures (Au–NS) of various sizes under ion beam irradiation is presented. On a glass …

Structural, surface and luminescent properties of SrF2: Eu annealed thin films

MYA Yagoub, HC Swart, E Coetsee - Vacuum, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of calcined temperature on the structural, surface and luminescent properties of a
SrF 2: Eu thin film were investigated for possible application as a downshifting layer for solar …

Confinement effects of ion tracks in ultrathin polymer films

RM Papaléo, R Thomaz, LI Gutierres… - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
We show direct experimental evidence that radiation effects produced by single MeV heavy
ions on a polymer surface are weakened when the length of the ion track in the material is …

Upconverting tri-doped calcium fluoride-based thin films: A comparison of the MOCVD and sol–gel preparation methods

AL Pellegrino, S La Manna, A Bartasyte… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Starting from fluorinated metal–organic β-diketonates, we report the synthesis of undoped
and lanthanide-doped alkaline-earth fluoride (Er3+, Tm3+, Yb3+ tri-doped CaF2) thin films …

Large electronic sputtering yield of nanodimensional Au thin films: Dominant role of thermal conductivity and electron phonon coupling factor

UB Singh, C Pannu, DC Agarwal, S Ojha… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Detailed experiments and theoretical calculations on electronic sputtering of Au thin films (5-
200 nm) on a quartz substrate are performed, revealing unusually large electronic …

Fractal characterizations of MeV ion treated CaF2 thin films

RK Pandey, RP Yadav, T Kumar, A Kumar… - … Journal of Nonlinear …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We present the morphological evolution and fractal characterizations of CaF 2 thin-film
surfaces modified by bombardment with 100 MeV Au+ 8 ions at various fluences. Atomic …

Surface erosion of BaF2 thin films under SHI irradiation: Angular distribution and role of different substrates

RK Pandey, S Pathak, M Kumar, UB Singh… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present report, the surface erosion of the thin films of barium fluoride (BaF 2)
deposited on different substrates (Glass, Silicon, and Aluminum) using the electron beam …