nanostructured films – TechConnect Briefs

Fabrication of superhydrophobic nanostructured films by Physical Vapour Deposition

Yoldi M., García J.A., Rodríguez R.J., Rico M., AIN, ES

This work reports on recent advances in the deposition of non-wettable coatings with high water contact angles (WCAs). We propose a simple and easily-controlled method for fabricating different types of nanoestructured films with hydrophobic properties [...]

Gas Sensor Arrays by Supersonic Cluster Beam Deposition

Barborini E., Leccardi M., Bertolini G., Rorato O., Franchi M., Bandiera D., Gatelli M., Wegner K., Raso A., Garibbo A., Ducati C., Piseri P., Milani P., Tethis S.r.l., IT

Supersonic cluster beam deposition was employed to produce nanostructured thin films of transition metal oxides to be used as gas sensors. The cluster beam was generated by a pulsed microplasma cluster source equipped with aerodynamic [...]

Nanostructured photocatalytic TiO2-xNx thin films prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering

Teodorescu C.-M., Luca D., National Institute of Materials Physics, RO

Nitrogen-doped titania films were grown by magnetron sputtering. XPS analysis was used to identify the nitrogen content and the oxygen stoichiometry of the samples. XANES evidenced an increase of the Ti 3d charge density. XRD [...]

Batch Fabrication of Nanostructured Heterogeneous Microarrays for Chemical Sensing

Barborini E., Leccardi M., Bertolini G., Rorato O., Repetto P., Bandiera D., Gatelli M., Raso A., Garibbo A., Seminara L., Ducati C., Milani P., Tethis srl, IT

Deposition of nanoparticles from the gas phase is becoming an enabling technology for batch production of nanostructured devices. Supersonic clusters beam deposition (SCBD) has been shown as a viable route for the production of nanostructured [...]

Gas Sensor Arrays by Supersonic Cluster Beam Deposition

Barborini E., Leccardi M., Bertolini G., Rorato O., Franchi M., Bandiera D., Gatelli M., Wegner K., Raso A., Garibbo A., Ducati C., Piseri P., Milani P., Tethis S.r.l., IT

Supersonic cluster beam deposition was employed to produce nanostructured thin films of transition metal oxides to be used as gas sensors. The cluster beam was generated by a pulsed microplasma cluster source equipped with aerodynamic [...]

Morphology of Nanostructured Films Synthesized via Electrodeposition

Magan R.V., Sureshkumar R., Washington University, US

In this study we perform Brownian dynamics simulations to investigate the influence of surface reaction rate on the development of size dispersion of interfacial nanostructures that form by electrodeposition of non-interacting ions (particles) onto surfaces [...]

Young Modulus Measurement of Nanostructured Palladium Thin Films

Vaz A.R., Salvadori M.C., Cattani M., Institute of Physics of the University of Sao Paulo, BR

Young moduli (E2) of nanostructured metallic thin films are determined by measuring the resonance frequencies of AFM cantilevers. The cantilevers have been uniformly coated with metallic films. The E2 is determined using the vibrating beam [...]