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We developed a highly hydrogen-sensitive thermal desorption spectroscopy (HHS-TDS) system to detect and quantitatively analyze low hydrogen concentrations in thin films. The system was connected to an in situ sample-transfer chamber system,…
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We present a methodology based on \textit{ex-situ} (post-growth) electrochemistry to control the oxygen concentration in thin films of the superconducting oxide La$_2$CuO$_{4+y}$ grown epitaxially on substrates of isostructural LaSrAlO$_4$.…
In numerous solution-processed thin films, a complex morphology resulting from liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) or from polycrystallization arises during the drying or subsequent processing steps. The morphology has a strong influence…
Zinc telluride (ZnTe) thin films have special semiconducting characteristics that make them very promising for a broad range of optoelectronic applications. In this work, a novel approach for synthesizing ZnTe thin films by spin coating…
The results of RHEED, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy study of silicon and germanium films with the thickness up to 200 nm grown from molecular beams on dielectric Si$_3$N$_4$/SiO$_2$/Si(001) substrates are presented. Noticeable changes of the…
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Wetting and dewetting dynamics of simple and complex liquids is described by kinetic equations in gradient dynamics form that incorporates the various coupled dissipative processes in a fully thermodynamically consistent manner. After…
The structure, composition and electrophysical characteristics of low-temperature silicon dioxide films under influence of various technology factors, such as ion implantation, laser irradiation, thermal and photonic annealing, have been…