The efficiency and stability of photo (electro) catalytic devices are the main criteria towards
practical solar fuel production. The efficiency of photocatalysts/photoelectrodes has been …

Driven by the necessity of a sustainable living of future generations, semiconductor-based
photocatalysis gained increasing attention in various research fields like green energy …

In heterogeneous catalytic reactions, supported metal catalysts have attracted increasing
attention for the environmental remediation and industrial manufacture due to their inherent …

Mimicking naturethrough nanostructuring allows the creation of multifunctional surfaces
withremarkable properties, such as anti‐reflectivity, high optical transmittanceand controlled …

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is an enabling technology for encapsulating sensitive
materials owing to its high-quality, conformal coating capability. Finding the optimum …

The laser synthesis and processing of colloids represents a group of scalable and “green”
synthesis methods of crystalline metal oxides, that have recently made encouraging …

Mechanoluminescence (ML) exhibits distinctive mechano-optical response characteristics,
rendering it promising for various applications. This study presents a porous ML elastomer …

In this study Ag-doped ZnS nanostructures for antibacterial activity were prepared by means
of a facile wet-chemical method. XRD study reveals a decrease in the intensity of XRD …

This thesis focuses on ALD thin film protection properties against corrosion of copper to
develop an understanding of material interface properties and to develop novel thin films …

Cuvette setup with UV and blue laser as light sources are built to perform photodeposition of
metals nanodots (NDs) onto TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and Janus-typed Cu2-xS-CuInS2 …