Exploration, 2023 Plasma etching treatment is an effective strategy to improve the electrocatalytic activity, but the improvement mechanism is still unclear. In this work, a nitrogen‐doped carbon nanotube‐encased iron nanoparticles (Fe@NCNT) catalyst is synthesized as the
Peng Rao +11 more
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A Facile, Low-Cost Plasma Etching Method for Achieving Size Controlled Non-Close-Packed Monolayer Arrays of Polystyrene Nano-Spheres [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2019 Monolayer nano-sphere arrays attract great research interest as they can be used as templates to fabricate various nano-structures. Plasma etching, and in particular high-frequency plasma etching, is the most commonly used method to obtain non-close ...
Yun Chen +6 more
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Anisotropic etching of graphite and graphene in a remote hydrogen plasma [PDF]
npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2017 Nanofabrication: remote etching of graphene on hBN is highly anisotropic Etching of graphite with hydrogen plasma gives rise to two distinct etching regimes, governed by the degree of direct plasma exposure. A team led by D. M.
D. Hug +8 more
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A Study on the O2 Plasma Etching Method of Spray-Formed SWCNT Films and Their Utilization as Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensors [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 In this study, we analyzed the morphological changes and molecular structure changes on the surface of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films during oxygen plasma (O2) etching of SWCNT surfaces formed by the spray method and analyzed their potential
Jinkyeong Kim +2 more
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Robust Superhydrophobic Cotton Fibers Prepared by Simple Dip-Coating Approach Using Chemical and Plasma-Etching Pretreatments. [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2019 The preparation of superhydrophobic textiles with high mechanical and chemical durability is challenging. Here, facile and fluorine-free methods, using alkali and plasma-etching treatments, followed by the addition of silica nanoparticles and tetraethyl ...
Nguyen-Tri P +5 more
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Toward reliable morphology assessment of thermosets via physical etching: Vinyl ester resin as an example [PDF]
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2013 The morphology of peroxide-cured, styrene crosslinked, bisphenol A-based vinyl ester (VE) resin was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after ‘physical’ etching with different methods.
J. Karger-Kocsis +5 more
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Atomic-layer soft plasma etching of MoS2. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 Transition from multi-layer to monolayer and sub-monolayer thickness leads to the many exotic properties and distinctive applications of two-dimensional (2D) MoS2. This transition requires atomic-layer-precision thinning of bulk MoS2 without damaging the
Xiao S +8 more
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Selective Plasma Etching of Polymeric Substrates for Advanced Applications. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel), 2016 In today’s nanoworld, there is a strong need to manipulate and process materials on an atom-by-atom scale with new tools such as reactive plasma, which in some states enables high selectivity of interaction between plasma species and materials.
Puliyalil H, Cvelbar U.
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SF6 Optimized O2 Plasma Etching of Parylene C [PDF]
Micromachines, 2018 Parylene C is a widely used polymer material in microfabrication because of its excellent properties such as chemical inertness, biocompatibility and flexibility.
Lingqian Zhang +3 more
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Enhancing uniformity in HARC etching via edge bias voltage and structural impedance variations in a rectangular voltage waveform [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIn the semiconductor industry, plasma etching has become a key process for fabricating precise and reliable patterns with high aspect ratios capacitors (HARC), allowing for complex device architectures.
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