Advances in actinide thin films: synthesis, properties, and future directions

KD Vallejo, F Kabir, N Poudel… - Reports on Progress …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Actinide-based compounds exhibit unique physics due to the presence of 5f electrons, and
serve in many cases as important technological materials. Targeted thin film synthesis of …

A review of uranium-based thin films

R Springell, E Lawrence Bright, DA Chaney… - Advances in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Thin films based on silicon and transition-metal elements dominate the semi-conducting
industry and are ubiquitous in all modern devices. Films have also been produced in the …

Parabolic oxidation kinetics of a plutonium alloy at room temperature

SB Donald, JA Stanford, JM Haschke, DD Ashley… - Corrosion …, 2021 - Elsevier
Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) was used to characterize the oxide scale formed on an∼
0.5 wt.% Ga plutonium metal alloy. Analysis of changes to the characteristic Auger …

High-performance indium–tin oxide (ito) electrode enabled by a counteranion-free metal–polymer complex

G Park, D Kim, G Kim, U Jeong - ACS Nanoscience Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although multicomponent inorganic thin films (metal-oxides,-carbides,-nitrides, and-
chalcogenides) have been synthesized by polymer-assisted deposition (PAD), synthesis of …

XPS characterization of a PuGa-7 at.% alloy

P Roussel, SC Hernandez, JJ Joyce… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A δ-Pu (Ga-7 at.%) alloy has been characterized using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in
the as-received condition, during sputter depth profiling through the surface oxide and …

Radiation chemical processes in the water layer on the surface of PuO2

HE Sims, RM Orr - Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering, 2024 - frontiersin.org
It is generally accepted that radiolysis of water on the surface of PuO2 by alpha particles is
the source of H2 which can cause pressurisation in sealed storage containers if the material …

Biaxially textured MgO buffer layer on flexible metal template for coated conductor

Q Nie, J Jiang, H Qu, Y Cheng, S Wang, J Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
A low-cost chemical solution deposition (CSD) planarization system has been designed and
proposed for the Y2O3 seed layers in YB2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) coated conductors. In the CSD …

Comparative Studies of α-& δ-Plutonium Allotropes & Plutonium Oxidation Mechanisms by Photoemission Spectroscopy

K White - 2021 - etda.libraries.psu.edu
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Konstruktion und Inbetriebnahme eines Spin-Coaters zur Erzeugung dünner Metalloxid-Schichten

A Dragoun, CC Meyer, CE Düllmann, M Rapps… - download.uni-mainz.de
Konstruktion und Inbetriebnahme eines Spin-Coaters zur Erzeugung dünner Metalloxid-Schichten
A. Dragoun1,2, C.-C. Meyer1,2, Ch Page 1 Konstruktion und Inbetriebnahme eines Spin-Coaters …