Hybrid materials based on the embedding of organically modified transition metal oxoclusters or polyoxometalates into polymers for functional applications: A review

M Carraro, S Gross - Materials, 2014 - mdpi.com
The covalent incorporation of inorganic building blocks into a polymer matrix to obtain stable
and robust materials is a widely used concept in the field of organic-inorganic hybrid …

XPS spectral analysis for a multiple oxide comprising NiO, TiO2, and NiTiO3

K Sakamoto, F Hayashi, K Sato, M Hirano… - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
XPS spectra collected from a mixture of NiO, TiO 2, and NiTiO 3 cannot be analyzed using a
standard curve-fitting method; thus, principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted to …

Combining PCA and nonlinear fitting of peak models to re-evaluate C 1s XPS spectrum of cellulose

V Fernandez, D Morgan, P Bargiela, N Fairley… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulose is an example of a material that responds to XPS by the creation of new chemistry
not present in the as-received sample. While improvements in instrumentation may be seen …

Dry efficient cleaning of poly-methyl-methacrylate residues from graphene with high-density H2 and H2-N2 plasmas

G Cunge, D Ferrah, C Petit-Etienne… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Graphene is the first engineering electronic material, which is purely two-dimensional: it
consists of two exposed sp 2-hybridized carbon surfaces and has no bulk. Therefore …

Practical guide on chemometrics/informatics in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). II. Example applications of multiple methods to the degradation of cellulose …

TG Avval, H Haack, N Gallagher, D Morgan… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Chemometrics/informatics, and data analysis in general, are increasingly important in x-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) because of the large amount of information (spectra/data) …

Practical guide on chemometrics/informatics in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). I. Introduction to methods useful for large or complex datasets

TG Avval, N Gallagher, D Morgan, P Bargiela… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Chemometrics/informatics and data analysis, in general, are increasingly important topics in
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) because of the large amount of information …

XPS characterization of PTFE after treatment with RF oxygen and nitrogen plasma

A Vesel, M Mozetic, A Zalar - … of techniques for the analysis of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A study on surface modification of extended PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) foil after
treatment in oxygen and nitrogen plasma is presented. PTFE was exposed to a weakly …

The role of plasma‐induced surface chemistry on polycaprolactone nanofibers to direct chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells

M Asadian, C Tomasina… - … Research Part A, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs) are extensively being utilized for
cartilage regeneration owing to their excellent differentiation potential and availability …

Revisiting degradation in the XPS analysis of polymers

DJ Morgan, S Uthayasekaran - Surface and Interface Analysis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A study on the degradation of both halogenated and non‐halogenated polymers has been
made by x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy on two different types of common place …

Spectroscopic, optical and thermal characterization of polyvinyl chloride-based plasma-functionalized MWCNTs composite thin films

E Abdel-Fattah, AI Alharthi, T Fahmy - Applied Physics A, 2019 - Springer
In this work, homogeneous PVC/MWCNT nano-composite films with different concentrations
of MWCNTs were prepared. The MWCNTs were treated with plasma to improve their …