Surfaces, Volume 4, Issue 1

Residual stress and thermal stress of a film/substrate system are determined based on the curvature measurement with a 3D digital image correlation method (DIC) and calculation of the thin-film stresses by the extension of Stoney’s formula. A Ni film...

The surface functionalization of oxide-free hydrogen-terminated silicon (Si−H) enables predictably tuning its electronic properties, by incorporating tailored functionality for applications such as photovoltaics, biosensing and molecular electronics...

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyhexafluoropropylene (PHFP) and polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) were heated to their decomposition temperature in a high vacuum. The emitted fragments passed an electron cloud, condensed on a substrate and forme...

Boron- and cerium-doped titania (Anatase) were prepared via sol-gel method. Phase composition and morphology were assessed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), BET, diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS), and XPS. Photo-electr...

Decontamination of water from radionuclides contaminants is a key priority in environmental cleanup and requires intensive effort to be cleared. In this paper, a microporous iron-doped zeolite-like sodium zirconosilicate (F@SZS) was designed through...

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Single-molecular devices show remarkable potential for applications in downscale electronic devices. The adsorption behavior of a molecule on a metal surface is of great importance from both fundamental and technological points of view. Herein, based...

We present here a method for the quantitative prediction of the spectroscopic specular reflectivity line-shape in anisotropic layered media. The method is based on a 4 × 4 matrix formalism and on the simulation from the first principles (throug...

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Hexagonal molybdenum trioxide (h-MoO3) was synthesized by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method, allowing an ultrafast growth of unidimensional microrods with well-faceted morphology. The crystalline structure of this metastable phase was confirmed...