Publications of members of the CT group since 2015
Chiang, Y. T.; Shivarudraiah, S. B.; Wieczorek, A.; Khoo, K. H.; Leong, Z.; Lim, J. W. M.; Xing, Z.; Kumar, S.; Solari, S. F.; Li, Y. T.; et al. Understanding optical properties and electronic structures of high-entropy alloyed perovskite nanocrystals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64 (37), e202505890 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202505890
Dirin, D. N.; Wieczorek, A.; Siol, S.; Kovalenko, M. V.; Bodnarchuk, M. I. Reply to "comment on 'intrinsic formamidinium tin iodide nanocrystals by suppressing the Sn(IV) impurities'". Nano Lett. 2025, 25 (29), 11187-11190. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c03114
Kralj, S.; Artuk, K.; Wieczorek, A.; Orlov, N.; Eftekhari, Z.; Saive, R.; Garnett, E.; Siol, S.; Wolff, C. M.; Morales-Masis, M. Template-assisted growth of CsxFA1-xPbI3 with pulsed laser deposition for single junction perovskite solar cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2025, 15 (24), 2406033 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202406033
Messi, F.; Patidar, J.; Rodkey, N.; Dräyer, C. W.; Trassin, M.; Siol, S. Ferroelectric AlScN thin films with enhanced polarization and low leakage enabled by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering. APL Mater. 2025, 13 (5), 051123 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0267904
Patidar, J.; Pshyk, O.; Thorwarth, K.; Sommerhäuser, L.; Siol, S. Low temperature deposition of functional thin films on insulating substrates enabled by selective ion acceleration using synchronized floating potential HiPIMS. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16 (1), 4719 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59911-y
Pshyk, O.; Nakonechna, O.; Coy, E. Current view of nanoindentation: recent developments and application in material characterization. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17 (25), 36275-36300. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05434
Pshyk, O. V.; Zhuk, S.; Patidar, J.; Wieczorek, A.; Sharma, A.; Michler, J.; Cancellieri, C.; Stevanovic, V.; Siol, S. Discovering stable amorphous ceramics: from computational prediction to thin-film synthesis. Adv. Mater. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202501074
Sun, Q.; Yuan, Y.; Zhong, Y.; Lutz-Bueno, V.; Zhou, J.; Thorwarth, K.; Siqueira, G.; Fischer, P. Thermo-responsive liquid crystalline phases of cellulose nanocrystals with polymer brushes. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2025, 699, 138073 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2025.138073
Thorwarth, K.; Watroba, M.; Pshyk, O.; Zhuk, S.; Patidar, J.; Schwiedrzik, J.; Sommerhäuser, J.; Sommerhäuser, L.; Siol, S. Reducing the oxygen contamination in conductive (Ti,Zr)N coatings via RF-bias assisted reactive sputtering. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2025, 512, 132326 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2025.132326
Adams, P.; Bühler, J.; Walz, I.; Moehl, T.; Roithmeyer, H.; Blacque, O.; Comini, N.; Diulus, J. T.; Alberto, R.; Siol, S.; et al. Direct anchoring of molybdenum sulfide molecular catalysts on antimony selenide photocathodes for solar hydrogen production. ACS Energy Lett. 2024, 9 (8), 3828-3834. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01570
Benamara, M.; Nassar, K. I.; Essid, M.; Frick, S.; Rugmini, R.; Sekhar, K. C.; Silva, J. P. B. Visible light-driven removal of Rhodamine B using indium-doped zinc oxide prepared by sol–gel method. J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 2024, 111, 553-565. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-024-06471-0
Patidar, J.; Thorwarth, K.; Schmitz-Kempen, T.; Kessels, R.; Siol, S. Deposition of highly crystalline AlScN thin films using synchronized high-power impulse magnetron sputtering: from combinatorial screening to piezoelectric devices. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2024, 8 (9), 095001 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.095001
Pshyk, O.; Wicher, B.; Palisaitis, J.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. Advanced film/substrate interface engineering for adhesion improvement employing time- and energy-controlled metal ion irradiation. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2024, 669, 160554 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160554
Pshyk, O. V.; Patidar, J.; Alinezhadfar, M.; Zhuk, S.; Siol, S. Beyond structural stabilization of highly-textured AlN thin films: the role of chemical effects. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 11 (25), 2400235 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400235
Solari, S. F.; Wieczorek, A.; Marcato, T.; Wörle, M.; Krumeich, F.; Li, Y. T.; Chiu, Y. C.; Siol, S.; Shivarudraiah, S. B.; Shih, C. J. Stabilization of Quantum-confined anisotropic CsPbI3 nanoplatelets by solid-phase metal iodide crude reaction for color-pure red emission. Adv. opt. mater. 2024, 12 (26), 2401048 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401048
Wicher, B.; Pshyk, O. V.; Li, X.; Bakhit, B.; Rogoz, V.; Petrov, I.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. Superhard oxidation-resistant Ti1-xAlxBy thin films grown by hybrid HiPIMS/DCMS co-sputtering diboride targets without external substrate heating. Mater. Des. 2024, 238, 112727 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112727
Wieczorek, A.; Kuba, A. G.; Sommerhäuser, J.; Caceres, L. N.; Wolff, C. M.; Siol, S. Advancing high-throughput combinatorial aging studies of hybrid perovskite thin films via precise automated characterization methods and machine learning assisted analysis. J. Mater. Chem. A 2024, 12 (12), 7025-7035. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta07274f
Ali, S.; Magnusson, R.; Pshyk, O.; Birch, J.; Eklund, P.; le Febvrier, A. Effect of O/N content on the phase, morphology, and optical properties of titanium oxynitride thin films. J. Mater. Sci. 2023, 58, 10975-10985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08717-8
Belyavina, N.; Nakonechna, O.; Kuryliuk, A.; Kogutyuk, P.; Stratiichuk, D.; Turkevich, V. Formation of nanoscale (Ti,V)N solid solutions form equimolar TiN/VN blend at mechanical alloying or HPHT sintering. In 4th international online conference on nanomaterials (IOCN 2023), presented at the 4th international online conference on nanomaterials (IOCN 2023), online, May 5-19, 2023; Di Bartolomeo, A. D., Chen, G., Stylianakis, M. M., Scherf, U., Deniaud, A., Wang, J. G., Heiss, W., Eds.; Material proceedings; MDPI, 2023; Vol. 14, p 16 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/IOCN2023-14518
Dirin, D. N.; Vivani, A.; Zacharias, M.; Sekh, T. V.; Cherniukh, I.; Yakunin, S.; Bertolotti, F.; Aebli, M.; Schaller, R. D.; Wieczorek, A.; et al. Intrinsic formamidinium tin iodide nanocrystals by suppressing the Sn(IV) impurities. Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 1914-1923. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04927
Guesnay, Q.; McMonagle, C. J.; Chernyshov, D.; Zia, W.; Wieczorek, A.; Siol, S.; Saliba, M.; Ballif, C.; Wolff, C. M. Substoichiometric mixing of metal halide powders and their single-source evaporation for perovskite photovoltaics. ACS Photonics 2023, 10 (9), 3087-3094. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00438
Nakonechna, O.; Lotey, G. S.; Sharai, I.; Bodnaruk, A.; Kalita, V.; Tovstolytkin, A. Aging impact on crystal structure and magnetic parameters of KFeO2 nanoparticles. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 13th international conference nanomaterials: applications & properties (IEEE NAP-2023), presented at the 2023 IEEE 13th international conference nanomaterials: applications & properties (IEEE NAP-2023), Bratislava, Slovakia, September 10-15, 2023; IEEE, 2023; pp NMM07-1-NMM07-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAP59739.2023.10310909
Patidar, J.; Sharma, A.; Zhuk, S.; Lorenzin, G.; Cancellieri, C.; Sarott, M. F.; Trassin, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Michler, J.; Siol, S. Improving the crystallinity and texture of oblique-angle-deposited AlN thin films using reactive synchronized HiPIMS. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2023, 468, 129719 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129719
Pshyk, O. V.; Li, X.; Petrov, I.; Sangiovanni, D. G.; Palisaitis, J.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. Discovery of Guinier-Preston zone hardening in refractory nitride ceramics. Acta Mater. 2023, 255, 119105 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119105
Rogoz, V.; Pshyk, O.; Wicher, B.; Palisaitis, J.; Lu, J.; Primetzhofer, D.; Petrov, I.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. High-mass metal ion irradiation enables growth of high-entropy sublattice nitride thin films from elemental targets. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2023, 41 (6), 063108 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0003065
Titov, Y. A.; Belyavina, N. M.; Slobodyanik, M. S.; Nakonechna, O. I.; Strutynska, N. Y.; Chumak, V. V. Effect of scandium atoms substitution on the two-slab structure of scandate BaGd2Sc2O7. Phys. Chem. Solid State 2023, 24 (4), 742-747. https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.742-747
Wang, J.; Ghosh, M.; Ouaras, K.; Daineka, D.; Bulkin, P.; Roca i Cabarrocas, P.; Filonovich, S.; Alvarez, J.; Johnson, E. V. Maskless patterned plasma fabrication of interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells: characterization and optimization. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2023, 258, 112417 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112417
Wieczorek, A.; Lai, H.; Pious, J.; Fu, F.; Siol, S. Resolving oxidation states and X–site composition of Sn perovskites through Auger parameter analysis in XPS. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 10 (7), 2201828 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201828
Zhuk, S.; Wieczorek, A.; Sharma, A.; Patidar, J.; Thorwarth, K.; Michler, J.; Siol, S. Combinatorial reactive sputtering with Auger parameter analysis enables synthesis of wurtzite Zn2TaN3. Chem. Mater. 2023, 35 (17), 7069-7078. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01341
Bühler, J.; Zurflüh, J.; Siol, S.; Blacque, O.; Sévery, L.; Tilley, S. D. Electrochemical ruthenium-catalysed C-H activation in water through heterogenization of a molecular catalyst. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2022, 12 (5), 1512-1519. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CY01999F
Cihova, M.; Müller, E.; Chandorkar, Y.; Thorwarth, K.; Fortunato, G.; Maniura-Weber, K.; Löffler, J. F.; Rottmar, M. Palladium-based metallic glass with high thrombogenic resistance for blood-contacting medical devices. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32 (4), 2108256 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202108256
Futscher, M. H.; Amelal, T.; Sastre, J.; Müller, A.; Patidar, J.; Aribia, A.; Thorwarth, K.; Siol, S.; Romanyuk, Y. E. Influence of amorphous carbon interlayers on nucleation and early growth of lithium metal at the current collector-solid electrolyte interface. J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10 (29), 15535-15542. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ta02843c
Kistanov, A. A.; Ustiuzhanina, S.; Zhuk, S. Theoretical aspects of sulfide and selenides: structure, point defects, and electronic structure modifications. In Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalapati, G. K., Wong, T. K. S., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, A. K., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; pp 57-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99860-4.00028-9
Lai, H.; Luo, J.; Zwirner, Y.; Olthof, S.; Wieczorek, A.; Ye, F.; Jeangros, Q.; Yin, X.; Akhundova, F.; Ma, T.; et al. High-performance flexible all-perovskite tandem solar cells with reduced VOC-deficit in wide-bandgap subcell. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12 (45), 2202438 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202202438
Madhu, R.; Dalapati, G. K.; Wong, T. K. S.; Zhuk, S.; Kumar Chakraborty, A.; Kundu, S. Clean energy for sustainable development: importance of new materials. In Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalpati, G. K., Wong, T. K. S., Kundu, S., Kumar Chakraborty, A., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; pp 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99860-4.00018-6
Prabhakar, R. R.; Moehl, T.; Friedrich, D.; Kunst, M.; Shukla, S.; Adeleye, D.; Damle, V. H.; Siol, S.; Cui, W.; Gouda, L.; et al. Sulfur-treatment passivates bulk defects in Sb2Se3 photocathodes for water splitting. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32 (25), 2112184 (25 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202112184
Pshyk, A. V.; Vasylenko, A.; Bakhit, B.; Hultman, L.; Schweizer, P.; Edwards, T. E. J.; Michler, J.; Greczynski, G. High-entropy transition metal nitride thin films alloyed with Al: microstructure, phase composition and mechanical properties. Mater. Des. 2022, 219, 110798 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110798
Titov, Y. A.; Belyavina, N. M.; Slobodyanik, M. S.; Nakonechna, O. I.; Strutynska, N. Y.; Chumak, V. V. Isovalent substitution impact on the structure of two-slab BaNd2-xSmxIn2O7 indates. Phys. Chem. Solid State 2022, 23 (4), 801-808. https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.23.4.801-808
Wong, T. K. S.; Zhuk, S. Emerging trends in sulfide and selenide-based low-cost thin film solar cells. In Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalapati, G. K., Wong, T. K. S., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, A. K., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; pp 195-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99860-4.00011-3
Zhuk, S.; Siol, S. Chemical state analysis of reactively sputtered zinc vanadium nitride: the Auger parameter as a tool in materials design. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2022, 601, 154172 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154172
Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalapti, G. K., Kin Shun Wong, T., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, A. K., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; 780 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2021-0-00159-0
Dalapati, G. K.; Sharma, H.; Guchhait, A.; Chakrabarty, N.; Bamola, P.; Liu, Q.; Saianand, G.; Sai Krishna, A. M.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Dey, A.; et al. Tin oxide for optoelectronic, photovoltaic and energy storage devices: a review. J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9 (31), 16621-16684. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta01291f
Druzhinin, A. V.; Lorenzin, G.; Ariosa, D.; Siol, S.; Straumal, B. B.; Janczak-Rusch, J.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. The effect of the graded bilayer design on the strain depth profiles and microstructure of Cu/W nano-multilayers. Mater. Des. 2021, 209, 110002 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110002
Gasparotto, P.; Fischer, M.; Scopece, D.; Liedke, M. O.; Butterling, M.; Wagner, A.; Yildirim, O.; Trant, M.; Passerone, D.; Hug, H. J.; et al. Mapping the structure of oxygen-doped wurtzite aluminum nitride coatings from ab initio random structure search and experiments. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (4), 5762-5771. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c19270
Kalha, C.; Fernando, N. K.; Bhatt, P.; Johansson, F. O. L.; Lindblad, A.; Rensmo, H.; Zendejas Medina, L.; Lindblad, R.; Siol, S.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; et al. Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in 2020. J. Phys. Condens. Matter 2021, 33 (23), 233001 (44 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/abeacd
Zhang, X.; Yang, W.; Niu, W.; Adams, P.; Siol, S.; Wang, Z.; Tilley, S. D. Thiol-amine-based solution processing of Cu2S thin films for photoelectrochemical water splitting. ChemSusChem 2021, 14 (18), 3967-3974. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101347
Zhuk, S.; Kistanov, A. A.; Boehme, S. C.; Ott, N.; La Mattina, F.; Stiefel, M.; Kovalenko, M. V.; Siol, S. Synthesis and characterization of the ternary nitride semiconductor Zn2VN3: theoretical prediction, combinatorial screening, and epitaxial stabilization. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33 (23), 9306-9316. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03025
Affolter, C.; Thorwarth, G.; Arabi-Hashemi, A.; Müller, U.; Weisse, B. Ductile compressive behavior of biomedical alloys. Metals 2020, 10 (1), 60 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/met10010060
Amelal, T.; Pietzonka, L.; Rohkamm, E.; Bundesmann, C. Properties of secondary particles for the reactive ion beam sputtering of Ti and TiO2 using oxygen ions. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2020, 38 (3), 033403 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5142911
Aynehband, S.; Mohammadi, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Hany, R.; Nüesch, F. A.; Rossell, M. D.; Pauer, R.; Nunzi, J. M.; Simchi, A. Solution processing and self-organization of PbS quantum dots passivated with formamidinium lead Iodide (FAPbI3). ACS Omega 2020, 5 (25), 15746-15754. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02319
Druzhinin, A. V.; Rheingans, B.; Siol, S.; Straumal, B. B.; Janczak-Rusch, J.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. Effect of internal stress on short-circuit diffusion in thin films and nanolaminates: application to Cu/W nano-multilayers. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2020, 508, 145254 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.145254
Han, Y.; Trottier, R.; Siol, S.; Matthews, B.; Young, M.; Musgrave, C. B.; Lany, S.; Tate, J.; Zhang, Q.; Holder, A. M.; et al. Templated growth of metastable polymorphs on amorphous substrates with seed layers. Phys. Rev. App. 2020, 13 (1), 014012 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.014012
Han, Y.; Millican, S. L.; Liu, J.; Bauers, S. R.; Siol, S.; Lany, S.; Al-Jassim, M.; Musgrave, C. B.; Holder, A. M.; Zakutayev, A. Wurtzite materials in alloys of rock salt compounds. J. Mater. Res. 2020, 35 (8), 972-980. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.402
Hu, H.; Liu, M.; Kong, Y.; Mysuru, N.; Sun, C.; Gálvez-Vázquez, M. de J.; Müller, U.; Erni, R.; Grozovski, V.; Hou, Y.; et al. Activation matters: hysteresis effects during electrochemical looping of colloidal Ag nanowire catalysts. ACS Catal. 2020, 10 (15), 8503-8514. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c02026
Lienau, K.; Triana, C. A.; Reith, L.; Siol, S.; Patzke, G. R. Microwave-hydrothermal tuning of spinel-type Co3O4 water oxidation catalysts. Front. Chem. 2020, 8, 473 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00473
Lotito, V.; Karlušić, M.; Jakšić, M.; Tomić Luketić, K.; Müller, U.; Zambelli, T.; Fazinić, S. Shape deformation in ion beam irradiated colloidal monolayers: an AFM investigation. Nanomaterials 2020, 10 (3), 453 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030453
Luk, H. T.; Novak, G.; Safonova, O. V.; Siol, S.; Stewart, J. A.; Curulla Ferré, D.; Mondelli, C.; Pérez‐Ramírez, J. CO2-promoted catalytic process forming higher alcohols with tunable nature at record productivity. ChemCatChem 2020, 12 (10), 2732-2744. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202000059
Prabhakar, R. R.; Moehl, T.; Siol, S.; Suh, J.; Tilley, S. D. Sb2S3/TiO2 Heterojunction photocathodes: band alignment and water splitting properties. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32 (17), 7247-7253. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01581
Siol, S.; Ott, N.; Beall, C.; Stiefel, M.; Unutulmazsoy, Y.; Döbeli, M.; Tilley, S. D.; Schmutz, P.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. A combinatorial guide to phase formation and surface passivation of tungsten titanium oxide prepared by thermal oxidation. Acta Mater. 2020, 186, 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.12.026
Siol, S.; Mann, J.; Newman, J.; Miyayama, T.; Watanabe, K.; Schmutz, P.; Cancellieri, C.; Jeurgens, L. P. H. Concepts for chemical state analysis at constant probing depth by lab‐based XPS/HAXPES combining soft and hard X‐ray sources. Surf. Interface Anal. 2020, 52 (12), 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.6790
Stiller, M.; N'Diaye, A. T.; Ohldag, H.; Barzola-Quiquia, J.; Esquinazi, P. D.; Amelal, T.; Bundesmann, C.; Spemann, D.; Trautmann, M.; Chassé, A.; et al. Titanium 3d ferromagnetism with perpendicular anisotropy in defective anatase. Phys. Rev. B 2020, 101 (1), 014412 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.014412
Unutulmazsoy, Y.; Cancellieri, C.; Chiodi, M.; Siol, S.; Lin, L.; Jeurgens, L. P. H. In situ oxidation studies of Cu thin films: growth kinetics and oxide phase evolution. J. Appl. Phys. 2020, 127 (6), 065101 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5131516
Bundesmann, C.; Amelal, T. Secondary particle properties for the ion beam sputtering of TiO2 in a reactive oxygen atmosphere. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 485, 391-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.04.078
Cui, W.; Moehl, T.; Siol, S.; Tilley, S. D. Operando electrochemical study of charge carrier processes in water splitting photoanodes protected by atomic layer deposited TiO2. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2019, 3 (11), 3085-3092. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SE00399A
Druzhinin, A. V.; Ariosa, D.; Siol, S.; Ott, N.; Straumal, B. B.; Janczak-Rusch, J.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. Effect of the individual layer thickness on the transformation of Cu/W nano-multilayers into nanocomposites. Materialia 2019, 7, 100400 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2019.100400
Fischer, M.; Trant, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Patscheider, J.; Hug, H. J. A setup for arc-free reactive DC sputter deposition of Al-O-N. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2019, 362, 220-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.01.082
Fischer, M.; Trant, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Crockett, R.; Patscheider, J.; Hug, H. J. Understanding the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of transparent Al-O-N and Al-Si-O-N films. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2019, 20 (1), 1031-1042. https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2019.1666425
Guo, H.; Warnicke, P.; Griffa, M.; Müller, U.; Chen, Z.; Schaeublin, R.; Zhang, Z.; Luković, M. Hierarchical porous wood cellulose scaffold with atomically dispersed Pt catalysts for low-temperature ethylene decomposition. ACS Nano 2019, 13 (12), 14337-14347. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b07801
Hamilton, D. C.; Arca, E.; Pan, J.; Siol, S.; Young, M.; Lany, S.; Zakutayev, A. Electron scattering mechanisms in polycrystalline sputtered zinc tin oxynitride thin films. J. Appl. Phys. 2019, 126 (3), 035701 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5087408
Hou, Y.; Bolat, S.; Bornet, A.; Romanyuk, Y. E.; Guo, H.; Moreno-García, P.; Zelocualtecatl Montiel, I.; Lai, Z.; Müller, U.; Grozovski, V.; et al. Photonic curing: activation and stabilization of metal membrane catalysts (MMCs) for the electrochemical reduction of CO2. ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (10), 9518-9529. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b03664
Kazan, R.; Müller, U.; Bürgi, T. Doping of thiolate protected gold clusters through reaction with metal surfaces. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (6), 2938-2945. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr09214a
Pardo, A.; Ilic, E.; Thorwarth, K.; Stiefel, M.; Hauert, R. Corrosion fatigue in DLC-coated articulating implants: an accelerated methodology to predict realistic interface lifetime. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2019, 20 (1), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2019.1580483
Reith, L.; Lienau, K.; Triana, C. A.; Siol, S.; Patzke, G. R. Preparative history vs driving force in water oxidation catalysis: parameter space studies of cobalt spinels. ACS Omega 2019, 4 (13), 15444-15456. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01677
Siol, S. Accessing metastability in heterostructural semiconductor alloys. Phys. Status Solidi A 2019, 216 (15), 1800858 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201800858
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