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Advanced Nanotechnology Thin Film Approaches for the Food and Medical Industry: an overview of current status
10 Jan 2007 | Notes | Contributor(s): Vasco Teixeira
In the field of nanotechnology-based thin films and coatings, new approaches using nanoscale effects can be used to design, create or model nanocoating systems with significantly optimized or …
http://nanohub.org/resources/2257
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X-ray Diffraction and Reflectivity Analysis of Thin Films and Nanomaterials
02 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mauro Sardela
A review of x-ray analysis techniques applied to the characterization of nanomaterials will be presented with focus on x-ray lab source instrumentation similar to the facilities available at the …
http://nanohub.org/resources/7955
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Functional Graded Materials architectures applied at nanoscale: thin PVD nanograded and layered coatings
09 Oct 2008 | Publications | Contributor(s): Vasco Teixeira
Functionally graded materials (FGM’s) are designed to achieve levels of performance superior to that of homogeneous materials by combining the desirable properties of each constituent phase. …
http://nanohub.org/resources/5585
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Renewable Solar Energy: Has the Sun Finally Risen on Photovoltaics?
23 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark R. Pinto
After a review of the overall renewable energy landscape, including the central role of economics, we present here the case that PV is on the verge of becoming a major source of electrical power …
http://nanohub.org/resources/6332
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Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films
02 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Josh Kaufman
Thin metal films have many applications from optical limiters to nanocircuits. Methods for fabricating these films differ in theory and complexity. Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) is a popular method …
http://nanohub.org/resources/3013