This paper presents an overview of recent advances in functionally graded materials
research. The key research opportunities and challenges in the development of …

This critical review focuses on the solution deposition of transparent conductors with a
particular focus on transparent conducting oxide (TCO) thin-films. TCOs play a critical role in …

There has been a resurgence of complex oxides of late owing to their ferroelectric and
ferromagnetic properties. Although these properties had been recognized decades ago, the …

Over the last few years the efforts devoted to the research on low-temperature processing of
metal oxide thin films have increased notably. This has enabled the direct integration of …

Coupling dissimilar oxides in heterostructures allows the engineering of interfacial, optical,
charge separation/transport and transfer properties of photoanodes for …

Rare earth-coordinated titanium pyrochlores are one of the significant materials among
inorganic ceramics for electronic applications. The titanate pyrochlores usually produce high …

Metal-oxide thin films are used extensively in electronic and energy applications. Solution
processing offers a potentially scalable and inexpensive deposition method to expand the …

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films stand for a prominent technological brick in the field
of microsystems. The recent improvements of their manufacturability combined with …

Chemical solution deposition (CSD) is a very competitive technique to obtain epitaxial films
and multilayers of high quality with controlled nanostructures. Based on the strong …

We review and critique the recent developments on multifunctional oxide materials, which
are gaining a good deal of interest. Recongnizing that this is a vast area, the focus of this …