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Effect of erbium-doping concentration on the electrical, structural and morphological properties of heterostructures based on TiO2 thin films (2024)
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Al Mashary, F. S., Oliveira Lima, J. P. D., Mondal, A., Mondal, S., Ghosh, A., Jameel, D. A., …Felix, J. F. (2024). Effect of erbium-doping concentration on the electrical, structural and morphological properties of heterostructures based on TiO2 thin films. Bulletin of Materials Science, 47(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-023-03120-0

Effect of erbium (Er) doping on the electrical, structural and morphological properties of TiO2 thin films deposited by the combination of a simple sol–gel process and spin-coating technique on p-type silicon substrates, has been investigated. A syst... Read More about Effect of erbium-doping concentration on the electrical, structural and morphological properties of heterostructures based on TiO2 thin films.

Linear and nonlinear optical investigations of polyvinyl chloride modified La2O3 nanocomposite films (2024)
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Alhassan, S., Alshammari, K., Alshammari, M., Alotaibi, T., Alshammari, A. H., Alhamazani, A., …Abdel Mohaymen Taha, T. (2024). Linear and nonlinear optical investigations of polyvinyl chloride modified La2O3 nanocomposite films. Results in Physics, 58, Article 107456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2024.107456

In the present work, we report the effect and improvement of PVC polymer blend nanocomposites performance with addition of lanthanum oxide (La2O3) nanofiller. The structural properties of the samples were studied using different characterization tech... Read More about Linear and nonlinear optical investigations of polyvinyl chloride modified La2O3 nanocomposite films.

Towards Room Temperature Thermochromic Coatings with controllable NIR-IR modulation for solar heat management & smart windows applications (2024)
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Khanyile, B. S., Numan, N., Simo, A., Nkosi, M., Mtshali, C. B., Khumalo, Z., …Maaza, M. (2024). Towards Room Temperature Thermochromic Coatings with controllable NIR-IR modulation for solar heat management & smart windows applications. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 2818. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52021-7

Solar heat management & green air-conditioning are among the major technologies that could mitigate heat islands phenomenon while minimizing significantly the CO2 global foot-print within the building & automotive sectors. Chromogenic materials in ge... Read More about Towards Room Temperature Thermochromic Coatings with controllable NIR-IR modulation for solar heat management & smart windows applications.

Hole diffusion effect on the minority trap detection and non-ideal behavior of NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction (2023)
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Labed, M., Alotaibi, S., Min, J. Y., Almalki, A., Henini, M., & Rim, Y. S. (2023). Hole diffusion effect on the minority trap detection and non-ideal behavior of NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction. Applied Physics Letters, 123(25), Article 253504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0180427

A NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction was fabricated by sputtering a highly p-doped NiO layer onto β-Ga2O3. This heterojunction showed a low leakage current and a high turn-on voltage (Von) compared to a Ni/β-Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diode. The extracted Von fr... Read More about Hole diffusion effect on the minority trap detection and non-ideal behavior of NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction.

Processing of new efficient Cr1-xNaxO3 catalysts for sodium borohydride methanolysis (2023)
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Alshammari, K., Alhassan, S., Alshammari, M., Alshammari, A. H., Alotaibi, T., Mohaymen Taha, T. A., & Henini, M. (2024). Processing of new efficient Cr1-xNaxO3 catalysts for sodium borohydride methanolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 53, 698-705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.078

This study reports the development of a novel Cr1-xNaxO3 catalyst using a simple cost-effective method for hydrogen production from NaBH4 methanolysis. The properties of the nanocomposites were investigated by employing XRD, FTIR, SEM and XPS charact... Read More about Processing of new efficient Cr1-xNaxO3 catalysts for sodium borohydride methanolysis.

Effects of gamma radiation on the electrical properties of InAs/InGaAs quantum dot-based laser structures grown on GaAs and Si substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (2023)
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Al Huwayz, M., Jameel, D., Azevedo, W. M., Felix, J. . F., Al Saqri, N., Lemine, O. M., …Henini, M. (2023). Effects of gamma radiation on the electrical properties of InAs/InGaAs quantum dot-based laser structures grown on GaAs and Si substrates by molecular beam epitaxy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(1), 445-454. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp03865c

This study investigates the impact of gamma radiation on the electrical properties of InAs/InGaAs quantum dot-based laser structures grown on both GaAs (Sample A) and Si (Sample B) substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. The research explores the el... Read More about Effects of gamma radiation on the electrical properties of InAs/InGaAs quantum dot-based laser structures grown on GaAs and Si substrates by molecular beam epitaxy.

CuO–TiO2 based self-powered broad band photodetector (2023)
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Ghosh, C., Dey, A., Biswas, I., Gupta, R. K., Yadav, V. S., Yadav, A., …Mondal, A. (2023). CuO–TiO2 based self-powered broad band photodetector. Nano Materials Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.11.003

An efficient room-temperature self-powered, broadband (300 ​nm–1100 nm) photodetector based on a CuO–TiO2/TiO2/p-Si(100) heterostructure is demonstrated. The CuO–TiO2 nanocomposites were grown in a two-zone horizontal tube furnace... Read More about CuO–TiO2 based self-powered broad band photodetector.

Towards Unlocking/Tuning the Mott Transition Temperature in Alkaline-Doped Vanadium Oxide Thermochromic Coatings and Potential Green Air-Conditioning via Room Temperature VxOy-V-VxOy Layered Coatings (2023)
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Khanyile, S., Numan, N., Simo, A., Nkosi, M., Mtshali, C. B., Khumalo, Z., …Maaza, M. (2023). Towards Unlocking/Tuning the Mott Transition Temperature in Alkaline-Doped Vanadium Oxide Thermochromic Coatings and Potential Green Air-Conditioning via Room Temperature VxOy-V-VxOy Layered Coatings. Nano-Horizons: Journal of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, 2, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.25159/3005-2602/13618

In this contribution, we validate for the first time that the near infrared-infrared (NIR-IR) modulation of the optical transmission (DTTRANS = T(TTMIT)) of vanadium oxide-based nanomaterials can be controlled or tuned via a genuine approach with a s... Read More about Towards Unlocking/Tuning the Mott Transition Temperature in Alkaline-Doped Vanadium Oxide Thermochromic Coatings and Potential Green Air-Conditioning via Room Temperature VxOy-V-VxOy Layered Coatings.

Room temperature bio-engineered multifunctional carbonates for CO2 sequestration and valorization (2023)
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Mohamed, H., Hkiri, K., Botha, N., Cloete, K., Azizi, S., Ahmed, A. A. Q., …Maaza, M. (in press). Room temperature bio-engineered multifunctional carbonates for CO2 sequestration and valorization. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 16783. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42905-5

This contribution reports, for the first time, on an entirely green bio-engineering approach for the biosynthesis of single phase crystalline 1-D nano-scaled calcite CaCO3. This was validated using H2O as the universal solvent and natural extract of... Read More about Room temperature bio-engineered multifunctional carbonates for CO2 sequestration and valorization.

Investigation on ammonia-free scalable cobalt-doped hexagonal boron nitride for environmental remediation (2023)
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Annie Vinsla, J. V., Vinosha, P. A., Vijayalakshmi, S., Xavier, B., Muthukrishnaraj, A., Ayyar, M., & Henini, M. (2023). Investigation on ammonia-free scalable cobalt-doped hexagonal boron nitride for environmental remediation. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 34(27), Article 1844. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11255-3

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanocrystals are of greater importance for wastewater remediation, and synthesizing these h-BN nanocrystals with high surface area adds significance. Hence a facile and economically viable hydrothermal technique was ado... Read More about Investigation on ammonia-free scalable cobalt-doped hexagonal boron nitride for environmental remediation.