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Octavian-Gabriel Simionescu, Oana Brîncoveanu, Cosmin Romanitan, Silviu Vulpe and Andrei Avram
In this work, the growth process of self-sustained vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VA-CNTs) is investigated in full: from bare Si wafers to fully grown VA-CNTs on 4? wafers. Each developmental step, from supporting and catalyst layers? depositions t...
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Henry Dempwolf, Matthias Proft, Axel Baumann, Sinah Malz and Olaf Keßler
Titanium-based nitride physical vapour deposition (PVD) coatings, such as titanium nitride (TiN), are state-of-the-art solutions for surface modifications of CoCrMo-based implants for patients who are hypersensitive to metallic ions such as cobalt, chrom...
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Donglin Ma, Qiaoyuan Deng, Huaiyuan Liu and Yongxiang Leng
Titanium nitride (Ti-N) thin films are electrically and thermally conductive and have high hardness and corrosion resistance. Dense and defect-free Ti-N thin films have been widely used in the surface modification of cutting tools, wear resistance compon...
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Faranak Barandehfard, James Aluha and François Gitzhofer
Thermal spraying of aluminum nitride (AlN) is a challenging issue because it decomposes at a high temperature. In this work, the use of suspension plasma spray (SPS) technology is proposed for the in situ synthesis and deposition of cubic-structured AlN ...
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Iulian Pana, Viorel Braic, Mihaela Dinu, Emile S. Massima Mouele, Anca C. Parau, Leslie F. Petrik and Mariana Braic
The reactive cathodic arc deposition technique was used to produce Ti nitride and oxynitride coatings on 304 stainless steel substrates (SS). Both mono (SS/TiN, SS/TiNO) and bilayer coatings (SS/TiN/TiNO and SS/TiNO/TiN) were investigated in terms of ele...
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Jeongwoo Park, Neung Kyung Yu, Donghak Jang, Eunae Jung, Hyunsik Noh, Jiwon Moon, Deoksin Kil and Bonggeun Shong
Various processes based on atomic layer deposition (ALD) have been reported for growing Ti-based thin films such as TiN and TiO2. To improve the uniformity and conformity of thin films grown via ALD, fundamental understanding of the precursor?substrate s...
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Mao-Suan Huang, Shang-Yang Yu, Pao-Chang Chiang, Bai-Hung Huang, Takashi Saito, Chien-Chia Huang, Fang-Tzu Pai, Chia-Yu Wu and Wen-Chien Lan
In the present study, the piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN)/tantalum (Ta) (PAT) thin film was investigated as a biocompatible film and osseointegrated with biomedical devices such as implants. The stress variation on the interaction of cells with the ...
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Elia Marin, Matteo Zanocco, Francesco Boschetto, Toshiro Yamamoto, Narisato Kanamura, Wenliang Zhu, Bryan J. McEntire, Bhajanjit Sonny Bal, Ryutaro Ashida, Osam Mazda and Giuseppe Pezzotti
The performance, durability, and bio-integration of functional biomedical coatings can be enhanced by changing or improving their substrate properties. In this study, we applied silicon nitride powder-based laser claddings to various substrates and under...
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Carina Hedrich, Stefanie Haugg, Leutrim Pacarizi, Kaline P. Furlan, Robert H. Blick and Robert Zierold
One-dimensional zinc oxide nanostructures have aroused interest from scientists and engineers for electron field emission applications because of their experimentally accessible high aspect ratio in combination with their low work function. A comprehensi...
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Yi-Jun Jen, Wei-Chien Wang, Kai-Lun Wu and Meng-Jie Lin
Plasmonic titanium nitride (TiN) nanorod arrays (NRA) were fabricated by glancing angle deposition in a DC magnetron reactive sputtering system. The morphology of the TiN NRA was varied by collimating the vapor flux. The transmittance, reflectance, and e...
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