Single crystals of nonlinear optical material, L-arginine trifluoroacetate (abbreviated as LATF), were grown from an aqueous solution by the low temperature solution growth method. The cell parameters of the grown crystal were determined by the X-ray powder diffraction analysis. Atomic force...

In this work, we studied the effect of rapid thermal oxidation process on the structural and surface morphology of silicon nanocrystal-based heterostructures. PLD technique was employed in combination with rapid thermal oxidation process to form multilayers heterostructures. Results show the...

In this paper, a study on the ternary NaCl–KCl–H2O system was carried out by an extractive metallurgy technique from mixed brine solutions of different compositions at room temperature (23°C). The surface morphology and microstructure were examined using a scanning electron microscope...

Ceramic coatings have been synthesized on 6063 aluminum alloy by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) technique in the solution of Na2B4O7 electrolyte with and without α-Al2O3 nanoadditive. Effects of α-Al2O3 nanoadditive on the phase composition, micro-structure, micro-hardness, adhesion and wear...

Ceramic coatings have been synthesized on 6063 aluminum alloy by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) technique. The effects of current intensity on the chemical and mechanical properties of MAO coatings have been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), micro-hardness test,...

Highly transparent ZnO thin films were deposited on glass substrates by using a simple and inexpensive multi-step sol–gel spin coating process. This research investigated the effects of annealing temperature in the range from 350–600°C on the microstructure, surface morphology and optical...

Quaternary SiCAlN nanoparticle films were produced by reactive rf magnetron co-sputtering technique with a chemically pure SiC and an Al target under low temperature. The crystalline structure, surface morphology, and element content of the films were studied in terms of sputtering parameters....

Au/Cu thin films (33–320 nm thickness) were deposited by thermal evaporation on p-type silicon (100) substrates. Two groups of these bimaterial films were alloyed into a vacuum oven by diffusion. The first group was prepared with 24% Au atomic concentration (i.e. 33, 96, 158, 224, and 320 nm...

To investigate the initial morphological evolution of 321 stainless steel (SS) films, we examined the effect of sputtering time on the morphology of 321 SS film. In this study, a group of samples were prepared at nine different sputtering times within 20 s using radio-frequency (r.f.) magnetron...

Surface morphology and crystallinity of YVO4:Sm3+ thin films have an influence on the photoluminescence characteristics. The YVO4:Sm3+ films have been deposited on Al2O3 (0001) substrates using pulsed laser deposition method. The films were grown at the various substrate temperatures changing...