Surfaces, Volume 7, Issue 4

This study explores the surface characteristics evaluation and performance optimization of tungsten (W)-doped vanadium dioxide (VO₂) thin films. W-doped vanadium dioxide films were deposited on B270 glass substrates using an electron beam evaporation...

This study presents a comparative analysis of titanium leaching from tionite (a byproduct of the titanium dioxide production process) and carbothermally reduced red mud (derived from aluminum residues). Tionites from the sulfate process and red mud r...

This paper focuses on investigating the use of low-pressure oxygen plasma as a surface treatment aimed at enhancing the wettability and dyeability of cotton fabrics for use in textiles and footwear materials. Plasma activation modified the cotton fab...

The acidity of anatase titania before and after KOH doping was probed by pyridine adsorption in a pulse microreactor and modeled by DFT optimization of the geometry of CO and pyridine adsorption on a periodic slab of (101) and (100) surfaces using a...

The mechanism of carbon nanotube unzipping on a Cu(111) surface was investigated using density functional theory calculations. Optimized structures of armchair and zigzag carbon nanotubes of various sizes were considered, and their energies were comp...

A variety of NiP-TiC-SiC nanocomposite coatings were deposited to acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) substrates at varying plating periods and bath temperatures using electroless plating. A field emission scanning electron microscope (...

As a promising polymer for the production of biomaterials and drug delivery systems, poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is characterized by its relative hydrophobicity, as well as its chemical and biological inertness. Here, we aimed to improve the biological p...

Many interesting materials in a broad range of applications have in their composition the coexistence of zinc and iron. Their characterization by XPS should identify and quantify both elements. The most intense regions for these elements Zn 2p and Fe...

High-quality, reproducible tip coatings are essential for minimizing faradaic currents in electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM), especially during in situ and operando measurements. The variability inherent in manual coating methods,...

The generation of electrocharged microbubbles is very important for several separation processes (e.g., water treatment, paper industry, and mineral processing). However, their rising terminal velocities are not fully understood. This work presents a...