This review covers recent advances and work on the microstructure features, mechanical
properties and cracking processes of conducting polymer film/coating-substrate structures …

We have investigated the physical origin of anomalous in-plane thermal expansion (TE)
anisotropy leading to invar-like behavior and negative TE in nanostructured NiTi sheets …

The surface plasmon energy in spherical silver nanoparticles embedded in silica host matrix
depends on the size and temperature of the nanoparticles. The dependences of the surface …

Soft bilayer actuators with a simple fabrication process, diverse molecular alignment, and
multistimulus response are displayed in this work. The microchannel method proposed by …

Graphene foams (GFs) are versatile nanoplatforms for biomedical applications because of
their excellent physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. However, the brittleness and …

Resonant strings are a promising concept for ultra sensitive temperature detection. We
present an analytical model for the sensitivity with which we optimize the temperature …

In this work we demonstrate a practically complete temperature compensation of the second
harmonic shear mode in a composite Al/AlN/Al/SiO 2 thin film bulk acoustic resonator …

Binary ZrCu nanocomposite amorphous films are synthetized by pulsed laser deposition
(PLD) under vacuum (2× 10− 3 Pa) and 10 Pa He pressure, leading to fully amorphous …

Residual stress in a thin film was analyzed by the nanoindentation technique. Two dominant
effects of residual stress to indentation were summarized as the slope change in loading …

The objective of this study is to examine the sudden drop in properties of aluminum, titanium
and chromium thin films prepared by the glancing angle deposition method. The thin films …