Removal of heavy metal (Hg (II) and Cr (VI)) ions from aqueous solutions using Fe2O3@ SiO2 thin films as a novel adsorbent

S Sobhanardakani, A Jafari, R Zandipak… - Process safety and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition method was used for synthesizing
Fe 2 O 3@ SiO 2 thin films as a novel adsorbent for removal of heavy metal mercury (II) and …

ZnO matrices as a platform for tunable localized surface plasmon resonances of silver nanoparticles

D Ntemogiannis, M Tsarmpopoulou, A Stamatelatos… - Coatings, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, the localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of Ag nanoparticles (NPs)
embedded in ZnO dielectric matrices were studied. Initially, continuous Ag thin films were …

Band gap measurements of nano-meter sized rutile thin films

NC Diamantopoulos, A Barnasas, CS Garoufalis… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Thin Titanium films were fabricated on quartz substrates by radio frequency magnetron
sputtering under high vacuum. Subsequent annealing at temperatures of 600∘ C in air …

Quantum confinement effects of thin ZnO films by experiment and theory

A Barnasas, N Kanistras, A Ntagkas… - Physica E: Low …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thin ZnO films with thickness ranging between 2 and 300 nm have been grown on quartz,
Corning glass and Si (100) substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The film …

Interpretation of Localized Surface Plasmonic Resonances of Gold Nanoparticles Covered by Polymeric Coatings

A Stamatelatos, M Tsarmpopoulou, D Geralis… - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plasmonic materials currently have a plethora of applications. How would a dielectric matrix,
such as diblock copolymers, tune plasmonic properties? In this work, self-assembled gold …

Nanostructured iron oxide thin films deposited by RF sputtering as catalysts for the heterogeneous solar photo-Fenton reaction

P Bosso, R Del Sole, A Milella, P Mengucci, G Barucca… - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanostructured iron oxide coatings have been deposited by plasma sputtering by different
approaches, with and without thermal annealing, with the aim of preparing supported …

Mono-doped and Co-doped nanostructured hematite for improved photoelectrochemical water splitting

JS Nyarige, AT Paradzah, TPJ Krüger, M Diale - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, zinc-doped (α-Fe 2 O 3: Zn), silver-doped (α-Fe 2 O 3: Ag) and zinc/silver co-
doped hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3: Zn/Ag) nanostructures were synthesized by spray pyrolysis. The …

Hydrothermal improvement for 3R-CuFeO2 delafossite growth by control of mineralizer and reaction atmosphere

M Roble, SD Rojas, R Wheatley, S Wallentowitz… - Journal of Solid State …, 2019 - Elsevier
Delafossite CuFeO 2 oxides were grown inside a hydrothermal reactor using Cu 2 O and
FeOOH as precursors and NaOH as mineralizer. During this work the effect of the NaOH …

Quantum Confinement Effects of Thin Co3O4 Films

A Barnasas, CS Garoufalis, DI Anyfantis… - Atoms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thin Co films were deposited on quartz and Corning glass by radio frequency magnetron
sputtering. The films were postannealed at 500° C in a furnace in air atmosphere. The …

A study of quantum confinement effects in ultrathin NiO films performed by experiment and theory

CS Garoufalis, A Barnasas, A Stamatelatos… - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ultrathin NiO films in the thickness range between 1 and 27 nm have been deposited on
high-quality quartz substrates by direct magnetron sputtering under a rough vacuum with a …