Optical-emission spectrometry method with inductively coupled plasma for determining the mass concentration of phosphorus in an oil-water emulsion by N. A. Zmeeva, O. Yu. Vinokurova

“…The method is based on the sputtering of the analyzed sample in an argon plasma excited by a high-frequency electromagnetic field. …”
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Fabrication of a Cu(InGa)Se2 Thin Film Photovoltaic Absorber by Rapid Thermal Annealing of CuGa/In Precursors Coated with a Se Layer by Chun-Yao Hsu, Peng-Cheng Huang, Yu-Yao Chen, Dong-Cherng Wen

“…Cu(InGa)Se2 (CIGS) thin film absorbers are prepared using sputtering and selenization processes. The CuGa/In precursors are selenized during rapid thermal annealing (RTA), by the deposition of a Se layer on them. …”
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Insights into corrosion behavior of AlCrFeTi and AlCrFeTiY coating for fuel cladding in static and flowing liquid lead bismuth at 550°C by Jingyi Liang, Wei Zhang, Qingyu Li, Ke Zhao, Jun Xiao, Jijun Yang, Shaoyu Qiu, Sheng Huang

“…Besides, structural integrity of AlCrFeTi was well preserved after erosion test in flowing lead bismuth (∼2 m/s) for 1000 h, localized bulges existed in eroded AlCrFeTiY coating. Magnetron sputtering method was utilized for coating preparation and the in-depth corrosion mechanism of AlCrFeTi and AlCrFeTiY coating was discussed.…”
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Effect of Grain Size and Film Thickness on the Thermoelectric Properties of Flexible Sb2Te3 Thin Films by Pornsiri Wanarattikan, Piya Jitthammapirom, Rachsak Sakdanuphab, Aparporn Sakulkalavek

“…In this work, stoichiometric Sb2Te3 thin films with various thicknesses were deposited on a flexible substrate using RF magnetron sputtering. The grain size and thickness effects on the thermoelectric properties, such as the Seebeck coefficient (S), electrical conductivity (σ), power factor (PF), and thermal conductivity (k), were investigated. …”
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Nb-Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts Used to Reduction of CO2 to Methanol by M. V. Nogueira, G. M. M. M. Lustosa, Y. Kobayakawa, W. Kogler, M. Ruiz, E. S. Monteiro Filho, M. A. Zaghete, L. A. Perazolli

“…After characterization, the powders were modified through an Nb0 magnetron sputtering deposition using a metallic target in vacuum conditions of 2 × 10−3 torr, with a deposition time of 10 minutes, and calcination again at 500°C for two hours. …”
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Enhanced Light Scattering by Preferred Orientation Control of Ga Doped ZnO Films Prepared through MOCVD by Long Giang Bach, Nam Giang Nguyen, Van Thi Thanh Ho

“…These results could develop the potential way to fabricate TCO based ZnO thin film using MOCVD or sputtering techniques by depositing a low temperature ZnO layer to serve as a template for high temperature GZO film growth. …”
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Study on the Ablation Behavior of High-Intensity Lasers in Vacuum by Heyan Gao, Ying Wang, Jifei Ye, Bangdeng Du, Diankai Wang, Sai Li, Qianqian Cui, Sibo Wang, Tengfei Zhang

“…The results indicate that within the number of high-intensity laser pulses, the ablation depth per pulse can be increased by more than four times, and the average ablation volume per pulse can reach 0.97 µm³/µJ. The enhanced sputtering of molten material during the multi-pulse laser ablation process in a vacuum environment is identified as the primary factor contributing to the increased ablation efficiency. …”
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Two-Step Facile Preparation of 2D MoS2/ZnO Nanocomposite p-n Junctions with Enhanced Photoelectric Performance by Ali Aldalbahi, Zhen-Bo Wang, Tansir Ahamad, Saad M. Alshehri, Peter X. Feng

“…Atomically thin 2-dimensional (2D) MoS2 was prepared by using a spin coating method with controlled process times, whereas ZnO nanowires were prepared by using a plasma sputtering deposition technique. The nanoscale morphologies, composites, and photoelectric properties of nanocomposites were examined using scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and micro-Raman scattering spectroscopy, respectively. 2D heteronanostructures have exhibited an enhanced performance as compared to single-material-based prototypes. …”
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TiO2/Pt/TiO2 Sandwich Nanostructures: Towards Alcohol Sensing and UV Irradiation-Assisted Recovery by Rungroj Maolanon, Winadda Wongwiriyapan, Sirapat Pratontep

“…The TiO2/Pt/TiO2 sandwich nanostructures were synthesized by RF magnetron sputtering and demonstrated as an alcohol sensor at room-temperature operation with a fast recovery by UV irradiation. …”
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Zinc-Based Semiconductors/Polymer Thin Films Junction for Photovoltaic Application by Souad Al-bat’hi, K. A. Buhari, M. I. Latiff

“…Thin films of ZnO and ZnTe semiconductors were deposited on ITO conducting glass substrates by sputtering and electrodeposition techniques, respectively. …”
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Optimizing the growth conditions of superconducting MoSi thin films for single photon detection by Stefanie Grotowski, Lucio Zugliani, Björn Jonas, Rasmus Flaschmann, Christian Schmid, Stefan Strohauer, Fabian Wietschorke, Niklas Bruckmoser, Manuel Müller, Matthias Althammer, Rudolf Gross, Kai Müller, Jonathan Finley

“…Abstract We investigate the growth of amorphous MoSi thin films using magnetron co-sputtering and optimize the growth conditions with respect to crystal structure and superconducting properties (e.g., critical temperature $$T_{\text {c}}$$ ). …”
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Influence of Electrodes Configuration on Metallized Film Capacitor Performance Metrics by Belko V.O., Cheng Lu, Kalmykova S.I., Pechnikov A.V., Plotnikov A.P.

“…We found out that the breakdown strength follows Weibull distribution and slightly depends on vacuum sputtered metal thickness, unlike previous studies results. …”
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Interface Study of ITO/ZnO and ITO/SnO2 Complex Transparent Conductive Layers and Their Effect on CdTe Solar Cells by Tingliang Liu, Xing Zhang, Jingquan Zhang, Wenwu Wang, Lianghuan Feng, Lili Wu, Wei Li, Guanggen Zeng, Bing Li

“…Transparent ITO/ZnO and ITO/SnO2 complex conductive layers were prepared by DC- and RF-magnetron sputtering. Their structure and optical and electronic performances were studied by XRD, UV/Vis Spectroscopy, and four-probe technology. …”
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Enhancing mechanical properties of (HfMoNbZrTa)1-xNx films through multi-phase structures in substoichiometric compositions by Yiming Ruan, Jigang Xie, Lin He, Fugui Zhang, Jie Shi, Hengning Hu, Yun Chen, Rui Shu, Liuquan Yang, Hao Du

“…The nitrogen content in the (HfMoNbZrTa)1-xNx film was manipulated by varying the N2/Ar flow ratio (RN) during reactive magnetron sputtering. The results showed that the HfMoNbZrTa metallic film crystallized weakly into a body-centered cubic (BCC) structure, yielding a hardness (H) of approximately 10.7 ± 0.2 GPa. …”
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Structural, Optical and Electrochromic Properties of Sol–Gel V2O5 Thin Films by M. Benmouss, A. Outzourhit, R. Jourdani, A. Bennouna, E. L. Ameziane

“…Finally, the optical and electrochromic properties of the films prepared by this method are compared with those of our sputtered films already studied and with other works.…”
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Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Interfacial Charge Transfer of Au/ZnO Schottky Heterojunctions for Enhanced UV Photodegradation by Zhufeng Shao, Hui Jia, Yufeng Zhang, Xiujuan Yang, Min Zhong, Chun Chang

“…Fristly, E-ZnO and R-ZnO nanoarchitectures were fabricated via facilitating the electrochemical route; and then, they decorated it with dispersed Au nanoparticles (NPs) by the methods of ion-sputtering deposition, constituting Au/E-ZnO and Au/R-ZnO Schottky-heterojunction nanocomplex, which is characterized by SEM, XRD, Raman analysis, and UV-vis absorption spectra. …”
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Electroforming-based micro-texturing: Advancements for surface engineering in EDM by Mariana Hernández-Pérez, Pedro M. Hernández-Castellano, Juan M. Vázquez-Martínez, María D. Marrero-Alemán

“…Subsequently, the parts are metallized by sputtering to give them electrical conductivity and, finally, they are subjected to an electroforming process in an electrolytic bath to generate the copper shells. …”
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Research on the photoelectrical properties of TiO2-doped V2O5/FTO nanocomposite thin films under thermal and electrical excitation by Xue Chang, Li Yi, Zhang Haoting, He Weiye, Peng Weiye, Dai Wenyan, Yuan Zhen, Lin Ke, Wang Wei, Shi Zhangqing, Liu Hongwei

“…The TiO2-doped V2O5/FTO nanocomposite thin films were prepared on the FTO substrates by sol-gel method and post-annealing process, and the MSM structural devices based on the prepared films were fabricated by sputtering, photolithography and etching techniques. …”
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Insulator–metal transition in VO2 film on sapphire studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy by Arsenii A. Gavdush, Vladislav A. Zhelnov, Kirill B. Dolganov, Alexander A. Bogutskii, Sergey V. Garnov, Maria G. Burdanova, Dmitry S. Ponomarev, Qiwu Shi, Kirill I. Zaytsev, Gennadii A. Komandin

“…In this paper, we combine the Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, THz pulsed spectroscopy (TPS), and four-contact probe method to study the $$\hbox {VO}_2$$ films prepared by magnetron sputtering on a c-cut sapphire substrate. Considering different temperatures of a substrate and pressures of atmosphere, we reconstruct complex dielectric permittivity of $$\hbox {VO}_2$$ film in the frequency range of 0.2–150 THz, along with its static conductivity. …”
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Optimization of CuO_x/Ga₂O₃ Heterojunction Diodes for High-Voltage Power Electronics by Xiaohui Wang, Mujun Li, Minghao He, Honghao Lu, Chun-Zhang Chen, Yang Jiang, Kangyao Wen, Fangzhou Du, Yi Zhang, Chenkai Deng, Zilong Xiong, Haozhe Yu, Qing Wang, Hongyu Yu

“…The hole concentration in the sputtered CuO_x was precisely controlled by adjusting the Ar/O₂ gas ratio. …”
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