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Raman spectroscopic and X‐ray investigation of stressed states in diamond‐like carbon films

“…Outstanding physical properties like extreme hardness, low friction coefficient, and low electrical conductivity led to a broad variety of applications in manufacturing engineering, electronics, and microsystems engineering [1][2][3]. Moreover, chemical inertness and biocompatibility offer the use of carbon coatings in medical technology too [4].…”

Fabrication of CeO2 microspheres by internal gelation process using flow‐focusing droplet generator

“…cerium, hafnium, titanium, and zirconium. [2][3][4][5][6] Microdroplets of the chosen fuel material solution are gelated using the IG process, and the resulting gel microsphere is cleaned, dried, and heat-treated to produce high-density microspheres. Sphere-pac fuel, [7][8][9][10][11] where sintered microspheres of varying sizes are packed by Vibrocompaction into a fuel pin, and sol-gel microsphere pelletization [SGMP], [12] in which low-density microspheres are compacted into a pellet for stacking in a fuel pin, are two fuel fabrication methods that are currently in development due to their potential advantages.…”

Electronic Interactions and Stability Issues at the Copper-Graphene Interface in Air and in Alkaline Solution Under Electrochemical Control

“…Another scanning probe technique that could be of substantial importance for electrochemical systems is Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM), which is a variant of atomic force microscopy (AFM) that is extensively used to map work function (WF) variations of materials both in ambient or vacuum conditions [6]. Similar to EC-STM it has also limitations; most importantly, it cannot be used in polar liquids unless employing open-loop KPFM [7][8], or by more specialized adaptations that are not widely available [9].…”