Highly-hydrophobic, transparent, and durable coatings based on ZnO tetrapods with diamond-like carbon nanocomposite

A Tamulevičienė, R Mardosaitė, M Ilickas… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the wettability of ZnO tetrapod (ZnO-T) coatings in relation to surface
morphology and protective diamond-like carbon nanocomposites with SiO x (DLC: SiO x) …

Cu, Ni and Ag ions assisted preparation of nonpolar preferential oriented ZnO films with controlled morphology and optical properties

Q Guo, B Zhang, B Sun, Y Qi - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024 - Elsevier
ZnO nanodevices have been widely used in practice, but one-dimensional ZnO grown in a
polar preferred orientation is still partially localized. In this work, copper nitrate, nickel nitrate …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of deposition temperature on the mechanical and structural properties of amorphous Al–Si–O thin films prepared by radio frequency magnetron …

S Karlsson, P Eklund, L Österlund, J Birch, S Ali - Thin Solid Films, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Aluminosilicate (Al–Si–O) thin films containing up to 31 at.% Al and 23 at.% Si were
prepared by reactive RF magnetron co-sputtering. Mechanical and structural properties …

Doping catalysed unintentional hydrogenation effect on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of Co-doped ZnO semiconductor nanoparticles

MN Mehathaj, N Padmanathan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Simultaneous Co (cobalt) doping and hydrogenation on wide band gap ZnO semiconductor
nanoparticles was achieved via one pot chemical reduction. The powder X-ray diffraction …

[HTML][HTML] UV light blocking and conversion by porous europium-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2-Eu) thin films for potential protection of photovoltaic devices

K Zhumanova, L Serik, A Molkenova… - Materials Today Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, transparent thin films capable of screening and converting ultraviolet (UV)
photons into visible spectrum gained significant interest in the protection of photovoltaic …

Tuning the TiO2/ZnO heterostructures emissions through nickel doping for intriguing optoelectronic and photonic applications

AE Haimeur, M Hammi, PF Sánchez, H Bakkali… - Optical and Quantum …, 2023 - Springer
It opens the door to many optoelectronic and photonic applications. Here, synthesized TiO2
was deposited on Ni (0, 8, 10, 12%) doped ZnO using two different methods; TiO2 was …