Topical Advisory Panel for section 'Thin Films'
- Corrosion, Wear and Erosion Section
- Coatings for Food Technology and System Section
- Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces Section
- Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification Section
- Thin Films Section
- Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage Section
- Functional Polymer Coatings and Films Section
- Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology Section
- Laser Coatings Section
Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.
Members
Interests: machining; production engineering; plastic working; mechanical and materials engineering; burnishing; shipbuilding; maritime industry; 3D printing; additive manufacturing; Industry 4.0; specialized in mechanical and materials engineering as well as in production engineering, plastic working, machining and burnishing
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2. HERCULES Laboratory, Évora university, Largo Marquês de Marialva 8, 7000-809 Évora, Portugal
Interests: cultural heritage; architectural ceramics; conservation treatments; consolidants; coatings; materials characterization; materials degradation; glaze-ceramic body interfaces
Interests: thin film deposition; E-ALD; electrodeposition; electroplating; nanostructured materials; thickness determination; materials science; corrosion; electrocatalysis; material characterization; EDS; XRF; SEM; AFM
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Interests: development of optical coatings for different applications (such as space astronomy, EUV lithography, and synchrotron radiation) in the UV or shorter wavelengths; optical characterization of materials; modeling of the optical properties of materials; metamaterials; polarization; grating interferometry
2. PhoenixD, Leibniz University Hanover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
Interests: material simulation; thin films; nonlinear optics; quantization effects; dielectrics
Interests: basic research: (1) behavior of light alloys (titanium and aluminum) under quasi-static or fatigue loads in inert and corrosive environments (2) fatigue behavior of specimens with PVD (physical vapor deposition) coatings (3) behavior of specimens subjected to foreign object damage (4) behavior of notched specimens (5) pressure-bending problems (6) multiphysics analysis for fluid-structure interaction behavior; applied research: (1) high strength-to-mass ratio systems for aeronautical and nautical applications (2) impact phenomena (3) mobile anti-terror barriers (4) progressive instability of hydraulic actuators (5) boarding ladder (nautical application) (6) healthcare applications: suspension system for an innovative sanitary compartment of an ambulance and retractable needle syringe
Interests: coatings; deposition of thin film; structural; morphological and compositional analysis; coatings for gravitational waves detctors; superconductors; nano-device
Interests: photocatalysts; thin films; sol-gel deposition; computational modeling; FTIR; Raman spectroscopy; photoelectrocatalysis; photodeposition; functionalization of photocatalysts; optical properties; optical modeling of thin films
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