A combination of time-averaged mass spectroscopy (MS), time-averaged optical emission spectroscopy (OES), and plasma transport modeling was employed to understand the transport processes of ions and atoms in high-power impulse magnetron sputtering discharges resulting in changes in the stoichiometry o...

Rare-earth mononitrides such as HoN exhibit a wide range of useful properties leading to potential applications as magnetic semiconductors, spintronic half-metals, or magnetocaloric refrigerants in hydrogen liquefaction systems. First-principle calculations of electronic structures and related properties of suc...

Undoped and doped zinc oxide in film form is used in a wide range of applications. Its electrical and optical properties depend on the oxide conditions during preparation, which are influenced by many deposition parameters. The aim of this work was to experimentally investigate...

We report the discharge characteristics, and population of chosen atomic neutral (V, O and Ar) and ionic (V+, V2+, O+, and Ar+) species in the discharge during low-temperature (350 °C) depositions of W-doped VOx films onto a 170 nm thick Y-stabilized ZrO2 layer on a 1...

This Ph.D. thesis reports on the research and development of new materials and testing them for hydrogen gas detection. For this purpose, the tungsten oxide-based thin films were synthesized combined with other materials in order to improve the sensing properties of the tungsten ox...