Thin films of pure silver were deposited on glass substrate by thermal evaporation process at room temperature. Surface characterization of the films was performed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Thickness of the films varied between 20 nm and 60 nm. XRD analysis...

A set of AlN films were deposited by reactive direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering. Films were analyzed with X-ray diffraction and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES). There is a correlation between deposition parameters and crystal growth. Depending on the deposition parameters, films can...

Synthesis of the precursors, using research grade materials and locally available facilities, is optimized in order to obtain a suitable sol for BaTiO3. The optimally synthesized BaTiO3 sol is then spun onto Cu substrates to obtain films of thickness ~0.5 μm. The deposited BaTiO3 films are...

Laser ablation has attracted special interest for the growth of thin films. It allows the formation of high quality layers and maintain stoichiometry in the films of even very complex elemental materials. In this work, high quality AgInSe2 (AIS) films were grown onto Si(100) substrates kept at...

Thiourea cadmium-zinc sulphate (CZTS), a semi-organic nonlinear optical material has been grown from solution by slow evaporation technique. Solubility of the synthesized material has been determined for various temperatures using water as solvent. Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies...

Lead-free Bi0.5(Na0.4K0.6)0.5TiO3 films have been synthesized by a chemical solution deposition method and deposited on p-Si(111) substrate by spin coating. Powder of the precursor solution heated at 650°C was studied by infrared scattering spectroscopy. The structural characteristics and...

ZnO and Zn1-xMgxO thin films were prepared on glass and silicon substrates by spin coating method using 2-methoxyethanol solution of zinc acetate dihydrate and magnesium acetate dihydrate stabilized by monoethanolamine. The effects of drying and annealing condition of structural and optical...

TiC-based wear resistant coating was prepared by plasma spraying using reconstituted composite powders doped with ultra-fine carbide. Phase composition and microstructure of as-sprayed coating were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) utilizing...

Nominal compositions of NixTi1-xFe2O5-δ (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1) were prepared by a solid state reaction using stoichiometric amounts of Fe2O3/TiO2 system and NiO as a dopant. The effects of small substitution of Ni ions on the electrical and structural properties were studied for the...

X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns with broad background are commonly found in the characterization of materials with a certain degree of amorphicity, so the sharp intensity peaks associated with material phases are not well defined. This work used rescaled range (denoted by R/S) analysis, a...