The goal of the current paper is to synthesize and characterize composites based on carbon nanotubes and metal oxides. Multiwalled CNT were synthesized within the pores of anodic aluminum oxide and nanotubular structures of titanium dioxide on the course of this study. There were the methods to obtain a catalyst for synthesis process such as electrochemical deposition, sol-gel technique and sputtering. The synthesis variations based on sol-gel technique and magnetron sputtering resulted in obtaining of CNT@AAO and CNT@TiO2-NT composites respectively. The research of carbon samples by Raman spectrometry was conducted. Characterization of obtained composites by electron microscopy method was done. The analysis of gathered SEM images by specialized software package SIAMS was made. Studies of CNT@TiO2-NT composites by means of impedance spectroscopy method were held. Thus the methodology for CNT@AAO and CNT@TiO2-NT composites synthesis had been developed. Advantages of reviewed techniques regarding ones known at scientific society were indicated. Developed synthesis methods are applied in lab works of Masters with specialization «Electronics and nanoelectronics». / Целью работы являлся синтез и аттестация композитов на основе углеродных нанотрубок и оксидов металлов. В ходе работы выполнен синтезмногостенных УНТ внутри пор анодированного оксида алюминия, а также в нанотубулярных структурах диоксида титана. Катализатор для проведения синтеза подготавливался тремя разными способами: методом электрохимического осаждения, золь-гель способом, напылением. Золь-гель метод приготовления катализатора позволил получить композит УНТ@АОА. Используя метод магнетронного напыления удалось синтезировать композиты УНТ@TiO2-НТ. Выполнены исследования синтезированного углеродного материала методом Рамановской спектрометрии. Аттестация полученных композитов проведена методом электронной микроскопии. С помощью программно-аппаратного комплекса анализа изображений SIAMS был проведен анализ полученных СЭМ-изображений. Проведены исследования композита УНТ@TiO2-НТ методом импедансной спектроскопии. В итоге разработана методология получения композитов УНТ@АОА и УНТ@TiO2-НТ. Отмечены достоинства данных методов относительно известных в научном сообществе. Разработанная методика синтеза используется в лабораторных работах магистров направления «Электроника и наноэлектроника».

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<p>  </p> <p>Water scarcity is a global problem impacting a majority of the world population. A significant proportion of the global population is deprived of clean drinking water, an impact felt by the rural as well as urban population. Saltwater desalination provides an attractive option to produce clean water. Some technologies to generate potable water include reverse osmosis (RO), multi-stage flash distillation (MSF), vapor compression distillation and multi-effect distillation (MED). Distillation plants such as those in MED often have falling-film evaporators operating at low energy conversion efficiency and hence distillation is performed over multiple stages (or effects). Porous materials can be utilized as evaporators in such plants with the objective of leveraging their superior efficiency. This can potentially decrease the number of effects over which distillation occurs. However, evaporation of high-salinity salt solution eventually results in salt precipitation which can cause fouling and induce structural damages, especially if the precipitates appear within the porous medium. Crystallization-induced structural damages are also of significant concern to building materials and for their role in weathering of historical monuments. It is thus crucial to understand the mechanisms governing salt precipitation in a porous medium.</p> <p>Transport of solute in such a medium is either driven by flow of the solution (advection) or by concentration gradients (diffusion). The dynamics of solute transport is further complicated due to the involvement of a reaction term accounting for any salt precipitation. The relative strengths of these driving forces determine the solute transport behavior during an evaporation-driven process. The wide-scale applications of solute transport and its complicated nature warrant investigation, both experimental and theoretical, of the dependence of solute transport and the subsequent precipitation on the operating conditions and the properties of the porous medium.</p> <p>This dissertation first focuses on developing a novel modeling framework for evaluating the transient behavior of the solute mass fraction profile within the domain of a one-dimensional porous medium, and extending its capability to predict the formation of salt precipitate in the medium.  Experimental investigations are then performed to study the formation of precipitate on sintered porous copper wicks of different particle-size compositions, and developing a mechanistic understanding of the governing principles.</p> <p>A numerical modeling framework is developed to analyze evaporation-driven solute transport. Transient advection-diffusion equations govern the salt mass fraction profile of the solution inside the porous medium. These governing equations are solved to obtain the solute mass fraction profile within the porous medium as well as the effloresced salt crust. Further accounting for precipitation allows a study of the formation and growth of efflorescence and subflorescence. Crystallization experiments are performed by allowing a NaCl solution to evaporate from a porous medium of copper particles and the subflorescence trends predicted by the model are validated. The modeling framework offers a comprehensive tool for predicting the spatio-temporal solute mass fraction profiles and subsequent precipitation in a porous medium.</p> <p>The dependence of efflorescence pattern on the properties of a porous medium is also investigated. Efflorescence patterns are visually observed and characterized on sintered copper particle wicks with spatially unimodal and bimodal compositions of different particle sizes. Efflorescence is found to form earlier and spread readily over a wick made from smaller particles, owing to their lower porosity, while it is limited to certain areas of the surface for wicks composed of the larger particles. A scaling analysis explains the observed efflorescence patterns in the bimodal wicks caused by particle size-induced non-uniform porosity and permeability. The non-uniformity reduces the advective flux in a high-permeability region by diverting flow towards a low-permeability region. This reduction in advective flux manifests as an exclusion distance surrounding a crystallization site where efflorescence is not expected to occur. The dependence of this exclusion distance on the porosity and permeability of the porous medium and the operating conditions is investigated. A large exclusion distance associated with the regions with bigger particles in the bimodal wicks explains preferential efflorescence over the regions with smaller particles. This novel scaling analysis coupled with the introduction of the exclusion distance provides guidelines for designing heterogeneous porous media that can localize efflorescence.</p> <p>Additionally, droplet interactions with microstructured superhydrophobic surfaces as well as soft surfaces were investigated during the course of this dissertation, separate from the above investigations. These investigations involve the interplay of surface energies with electrical or elastic energies and are studied both experimentally and through theoretical models, and therefore are retained as additional chapters in the thesis as being of relevant interest.  Electrowetting experiments are performed on superhydrophobic surfaces with re-entrant structures to study their resilience to the Cassie-to-Wenzel transition. The deformation of soft surfaces caused by forces exerted by microscale droplets is studied and the resulting interaction between multiple droplets is explored. </p>

[ES] La normativa ambiental potencia la revalorización de los residuos industriales y motiva su utilización como materias primas para la obtención de nuevos materiales útiles, en lugar de que dichos residuos sean depositados en rellenos, que a la postre pueden generar pasivos ambientales. Dentro de este contexto se planificó la síntesis de la zeolita NaP1 código GIS, de amplia utilización en el campo ambiental para la descontaminación de aguas residuales, particularmente polutas con metales pesados y, la síntesis de la zeolita A código LTA, con aplicaciones en la industria de detergentes en reemplazo de los fosfatos, causantes de acelerar la eutrofización del agua de lagos; esto utilizando como materia prima los residuos industriales provenientes de los procesos y operaciones unitarias del pasivado del aluminio por oxidación electrolítica anódica. La presente investigación se enfoca en la recuperación indirecta del aluminio presente en los residuos industriales de anodizado de aluminio, transfiriéndolo a la estructura cristalina de las zeolitas. El residuo contiene elevadas concentraciones de aluminio, tal como lo prueban los resultados obtenidos mediante microscopía electrónica de barrido SEM (38.9% - 40.42%) y por espectroscopia de absorción atómica con llama AAS (37.16 g/100g); pero es pobre en contenido de silicio (0.93% - 0.74%) determinado por SEM y 1.83 g/100g determinado por AAS. Además, el residuo de anodizado de aluminio contiene concentraciones menores de cationes alcalinos y alcalinotérreos. El contenido de humedad del lodo es de 69.84% (n=28) y su pH cae en el rango 7.7 a 8.3 (1:5 w/v), que lo hace ligeramente alcalino. Se observó que la relación molar Si/Al es significativamente menor que la unidad, de lo cual se infiere que los residuos industriales tal como salen de la planta de tratamiento, no se pueden utilizar para la síntesis de zeolitas. La caracterización de los residuos industriales deshidratados a 100°C por 4 y 24 horas mediante microscopia electrónica de barrido (SEM) y difracción de rayos-X muestran un material básicamente amorfo, sin morfología externa apreciable. La composición fisicoquímica en términos del contenido de aluminio en los lodos de anodizado, permite plantear la recuperación del aluminio y cationes a través de la síntesis de zeolitas, utilizando como materia prima el residuo industrial, enriquecido con silicio proveniente de fuentes externas. Así para sintetizar la zeolita NaP1, código GIS, se enriqueció el lodo de anodizado con silicio proveniente de una solución de silicato de sodio grado analítico. Con la finalidad de identificar la concentración a la que se tiene los mejores resultados, se utilizó como agente de mineralización soluciones de NaOH en concentraciones 0.5M; 1.0M; 1.5M; 2.0M; 2.5M y 3.0M. Se instrumentó el método hidrotermal de síntesis a una temperatura constante de 100°C y 48 horas de tiempo de reacción, utilizando los residuos industriales húmedos. Los materiales obtenidos a las diferentes condiciones de síntesis se han caracterizado mediante difracción de rayos-X y SEM. Así, las concentraciones 1.5M, 2.0M, 2.5M y 3.0M del agente de mineralización NaOH conducen a la síntesis de la zeolita NaP1 código GIS. Sin embargo, el producto obtenido utilizando como agente de mineralización NaOH 1.5M presenta cristales con morfología externa muy bien definida, en forma de esferas de tamaño homogéneo. Este material presenta una relación molar Si/Al de 2.44 y una fórmula teórica 0.98Na2O•Al2O3•4.88SiO2•yH2O. Los materiales obtenidos con concentraciones más altas del agente de mineralización, aun presentando un difractograma de rayos-X correspondiente a la zeolita NaP1, en el microscopio electrónico muestran cristales poco formados y de tamaños muy diferentes. De esto se infiere que el agente de mineralización NaOH 1.5M presenta los mejores resultados en términos de morfología. Utilizando como fuente de enriquecimiento de silicio el silicato de sodio comercial, se sintetizó la zeoli / [CA] La normativa ambiental potència la revaloració dels residus industrials i motiva la seua utilització com a matèries primeres per a l'obtenció de nous materials útils, en lloc que aquests residus siguen depositats en farciments, que fet i fet poden generar passius ambientals. Dins d'aquest context es va planificar la síntesi de la zeolita NaP1 codi GIS, d'àmplia utilització en el camp ambiental per a la descontaminació d'aigües residuals, particularment contaminades amb metalls pesants i, la síntesi de la zeolita A codi LTA, amb aplicacions en la indústria de detergents en reemplaçament dels fosfats, causants d'accelerar l'eutrofització de l'aigua de llacs; això utilitzant com a matèria primera els residus industrials provinents dels processos i operacions unitàries del passivat de l'alumini per oxidació electrolítica anòdica. La present investigació s'enfoca en la recuperació indirecta de l'alumini present en els residus industrials d'anoditzat d'alumini, transferint-ho a l'estructura cristal·lina de les zeolites. El residu conté elevades concentracions d'alumini, tal com ho proven els resultats obtinguts mitjançant microscòpia electrònica d'escombratge SEM (38.9% - 40.42%) i per espectroscòpia d'absorció atòmica amb flama AAS (37.16 g/100g); però és pobre en contingut de silici (0.93% - 0.74%) determinat per SEM i 1.83 g/*100g determinat per AAS. A més, el residu d'anoditzat d'alumini conté concentracions menors de cations alcalins i alcalinoterris. El contingut d'humitat del llot és de 69.84% (n=28) i el seu pH cau en el rang 7.7 a 8.3 (1:5 w/v), que ho fa lleugerament alcalí. Es va observar que la relació molar Si/A l'és significativament menor que la unitat, de la qual cosa s'infereix que els residus industrials tal com ixen de la planta de tractament, no es poden utilitzar per a la síntesi de zeolites. La caracterització dels residus industrials deshidratats a 100 °C per 4 i 24 hores mitjançant microscòpia electrònica d'escombratge (SEM) i difracció de raigs-X mostren un materials bàsicament amorfs, sense morfologia externa apreciable. La composició fisicoquímica en termes del contingut d'alumini en els llots d'anoditzat, permet plantejar la recuperació de l'alumini i cations a través de la síntesi de zeolites, utilitzant com a matèria primera el residu industrial, enriquit amb silici provinent de fonts externes. Així per a sintetitzar la zeolita NaP1, codi GIS, es va enriquir el llot d'anoditzat amb silici provinent d'una solució de silicat de sodi grau analític. Amb la finalitat d'identificar la concentració a la qual es té els millors resultats, es va utilitzar com a agent de mineralització soluciones de NaOH en concentracions 0.5M; 1.0M; 1.5M; 2.0M; 2.5M i 3.0M. Es va instrumentar el mètode hidrotermal de síntesi a una temperatura constant de 100 °C i 48 hores de temps de reacció, utilitzant els residus industrials humits. Els materials obtinguts a les diferents condicions de síntesis s'han caracteritzat mitjançant difracció de raigs-X i SEM. Així, les concentracions 1.5M, 2.0M, 2.5M i 3.0M de l'agent de mineralització NaOH condueixen a la síntesi de la zeolita NaP1 codi GIS. No obstant això, el producte obtingut utilitzant com a agent de mineralització NaOH 1.5M presenta cristalls amb morfologia externa molt ben definida, en forma d'esferes de grandària homogènia. Aquest material presenta una relació molar Si/Al de 2.44 i una fórmula teòrica 0.98Na2O•Al2O3•4.88SiO2•yH2O. Els materials obtinguts amb concentracions més altes de l'agent de mineralització, encara presentant un difractograma de raigs-X corresponent a la zeolita NaP1, en el microscopi electrònic mostren cristalls poc formats i de grandàries molt diferents. D'això s'infereix que l'agent de mineralització NaOH 1.5M presenta els millors resultats en termes de morfologia. Utilitzant com a font d'enriquiment de silici el silicat de sodi comercial, es va sintetitzar la zeolita Linde Tipus A, Codi estructural HISSA (Associació International de zeolite / [EN] Environmental regulations promote the revaluation of industrial waste and encourage its use as raw materials to obtain new valuable materials, instead of such waste being deposited in landfills, which can ultimately generate environmental liabilities. Within this context, the synthesis of the GIS code NaP1 zeolite, widely used in the environmental field for the decontamination of wastewater, particularly polluted with heavy metals, and the synthesis of the LTA code zeolite A, with applications in industry. detergents to replace phosphates, which cause the eutrophication of lake water to accelerate, were planned using as raw material the industrial residues from the processes and unitary operations of aluminum passivation by anodic electrolytic oxidation. This research focuses on the indirect recovery of aluminum present in industrial waste from aluminum anodizing, transferring it to the crystalline structure of zeolites. The residue contains high concentrations of aluminum, as proven by the results obtained by scanning electron microscopy SEM (38.9% - 40.42%) and by atomic absorption spectroscopy with AAS flame (37.16 g/100g); but it is poor in silicon content (0.93% - 0.74%) determined by SEM and 1.83 g/100g determined by AAS. In addition, the aluminum anodizing residue contains lower concentrations of alkali and alkaline earth cations. The moisture content of the mud is 69.84% (n=28) and its pH falls in the range of 7.7 to 8.3 (1:5 w/v), which makes it slightly alkaline. It was observed that the Si/Al molar ratio is significantly less than unity, from which it is inferred that industrial waste as it leaves the treatment plant has to be modified to be used for the synthesis of zeolites. SEM and X-ray diffraction characterization of the aluminum-containing industrial waste dehydrated at 100°C for 4 and 24 hours show basically amorphous materials without appreciable external morphology. The physicochemical composition in terms of the aluminum content in the anodizing sludge allows us to propose the recovery of aluminum through the synthesis of zeolites, using industrial waste as raw material, and enriching it with silicon from external sources. Thus, to synthesize the zeolite NaP1, code GIS, the anodizing sludge was enriched with silicon from an analytical grade sodium silicate solution. To identify the concentration at which the best results are obtained, NaOH solutions at 0.5M concentrations were used as mineralization agents; 1.0M; 1.5M; 2.0M; 2.5M and 3.0M. The hydrothermal synthesis method was implemented at a constant temperature of 100°C and 48 hours of reaction time, using wet industrial waste. The materials obtained at the different synthesis conditions were characterized by X-ray diffraction and SEM. Thus, concentrations of 1.5M, 2.0M, 2.5M, and 3.0M of the mineralizing agent NaOH lead to the synthesis of the zeolite NaP1 code GIS. However, the product obtained using 1.5M NaOH as the mineralization agent presents crystals with a very well-defined external morphology in the form of spheres of homogeneous size. This material has a Si/Al molar ratio of 2.44 and a theoretical formula of 0.98Na2O•Al2O3•4.88SiO2•yH2O. The materials obtained with higher concentrations of the mineralization agent, even presenting an X-ray diffractogram corresponding to zeolite NaP1, show poorly formed crystals of very different sizes. From this, it is inferred that the 1.5M NaOH mineralization agent presents the best results in terms of morphology. Using commercial sodium silicate as the source of silicon enrichment, the Linde Type A zeolite, structural code IZA (International Zeolite Association) LTA, was synthesized. This product is obtained with a weight ratio of wet industrial residue to commercial sodium silicate of 2.6 to 1, using 1.5M NaOH as a mineralization agent at 85°C and a reaction time of 4 hours, resulting in a zeolite A code LTA with Si/Al molar ratio, 1.04 (sample 1A) and Si/Al 1.05 (sample 2A). Taking into account the r / Peñafiel Villarreal, F. (2022). Revalorización de lodos resultantes del pasivado de aluminio por oxidación anódica mediante su utilización en la síntesis de zeolitas NaP1 y LTA [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/183230

В данной работе исследуется ряд недостаточно изученных ранее аспектов биологии семейства Peloridiidae: поведение, внутривидовая коммуникация, трофические связи с растениями и тонкие детали морфологии. Полученная информация используется для создания новой филогенетической гипотезы о родственных связях Peloridiidae и для критической оценки существующих гипотез. Кормовые растения семейства систематически изучены в Австралии, Новой Зеландии и Чили. Peloridiidae в целом, как выяснилось, не привязаны к отдельным таксонам мохообразных, хотя они регулярно встречались на представителях Dicranaceae, Hypopterygiaceae, Polytrichaceae и Sphagnaceae. Однако, трофическая специфичность отдельных родов и видов может сильно различаться. Впервые изучены вибрационные сигналы четырех видов пелоридиид. Черты сигналов различались внутри семейства: сигналы южноамериканских и австралийских видов были похожи, в то время как новозеландские виды от них отличались. Впервые представлена подробная информация о морфологии антенн, кончика хоботка, лапок, скульптуры тегменов, брюшка и покровных желез для 21 вида пелоридиид и некоторых внешних групп. Эти находки были организованы в матрицу из 93 признаков и проанализированы филогенетически с помощью методов минимизации изменений. В результате монофилетические Peloridiidae оказались сестринской группой монофилетических Auchenorrhyncha, с неплохим статистическим подтверждением. Эта группировка обсуждается в свете других работ и данных литературы. Внутренняя структура семейства в настоящей работе оказалась довольно похожей на данные литературы, за важным исключением рода Peloridium, который оказался на самом нижнем ответвлении филогенетического древа. Когда к анализу были привлечены три дополнительных признака (биоакустические и поведенческие), позиция Peloridium изменилась. Этот результат иллюстрирует потенциал интегративных методов, хотя и требует осторожного к себе отношения из-за сложностей гомологизации поведенческих признаков. / Einige wenig bekannte Aspekte der Biologie der Peloridiidae (Verhalten, intraspezifische Kommunikation, Wirtspflanzenassoziationen, Feinmorphologie usw.) wurden untersucht. Die gewonnenen Informationen wurden benutzt, um eine phylogenetische Hypothese zu Verhältnissen der Peloridiidae untereinander und zu anderen Hemiptera aufzustellen. Wirtspflanzen der Peloridiidae wurden in Australien, Chile und Neuseeland systematisch besammelt. Peloridiidae als Familie scheinen keine Präferenz für ein Taxon der Bryophyta zu haben, auch wenn sie eine Affinität zu einigen Gruppen der Moose zeigen. Unterschiedliche Arten und Gattungen der Peloridiidae können sich aber in ihrer Selektivität unterscheiden. Vibrationssignale von vier Arten der Peloridiidae wurden zum ersten Mal untersucht. Einige Eigenschaften dieser Signale variierten zwischen den Arten: australische und südamerikanische Vertreter waren einander ähnlich, die neuseeländischen unterschieden sich aber von ihnen beiden. Detaillierte Informationen zu feinen morphologischen Merkmalen der Antennen, Labiumspitze, Tarsen, Integumentaldrüsen usw. in 21 Arten der Peloridiidae und einigen Außengruppen wurden zum ersten Mal präsentiert. Die erarbeiteten Merkmale wurden zur Herstellung einer phylogenetischen Hypothese herangezogen. Die Peloridiidae erwiesen sich da als ein Monophylum, dessen Schwestergruppe die Auchenorrhyncha waren. Dieses Verhältnis wird anhand von Daten aus Literatur und anderen Untersuchungen diskutiert und etwas in Frage gestellt. Die intrafamiliären Verhältnisse der Peloridiidae sind nach der erarbeiteten phylogenetischen Hypothese denen aus Literatur bekannten ähnlich; der wichtige Unterschied ist die basale Position der Gattung Peloridium. In einer Analyse mit zusätzlichen drei verhaltensökologischen Merkmalen ändert Peloridium aber seine Position, was das Potential der integrativen Ansätze illustriert, aber vorsichtig interpretiert werden muss, da solche Merkmale schwer zu homologisieren sind. / Some insufficiently studied aspects of Peloridiidae biology such as behavior, intraspecific communication, host plant preferences and fine morphology were investigated. The newly acquired information was used for production of a phylogenetic hypothesis on Peloridiidae relationships and critical evaluation of the existing ones. Host plants of Peloridiidae were studied systematically in Australia, Chile and New Zealand. Peloridiidae as a whole were found not to be bound to particular bryophyte taxa, although they regularly occurred in species of Dicranaceae, Hypopterygiaceae, Polytrichaceae and Sphagnaceae. Still, different species and genera could vary in their host plant specificity. Vibrational signals of four Peloridiidae species were studied for the first time. Features of these signals varied between species, the Australian and South American ones being similar to each other and the New Zealand species different from both of them. Detailed information on fine morphology of antennae, genae, labium tip, tegminal sculpture, tarsi, abdominal sculpture and integumental glands in 21 Peloridiidae species and some sister groups was presented for the first time. The findings were formalized as a matrix of 93 characters and analyzed phylogenetically with methods of maximum parsimony. A monophyletic Peloridiidae resulted, with significant support of the sister-group relationship to Auchenorrhyncha. This relationship was discussed on the background of other studies and literature data. The intrafamiliar structure of Peloridiidae in the present study was quite similar to previously published works, with the major exception of the genus Peloridium branching off most basally in the phylogenetic tree. Three additional bioacoustic and behavioral characters, when integrated into the matrix, change the position of Peloridium and demonstrate the potential of integrative approaches, although this result must be treated with care due to complicated homologization of behavioral traits.

A fairly new technology used to produce metallic components is powder metallurgy (PM). Among the advantages with this technique are decreased cost of production for complex-shaped parts, new alloys are made possible, reduced end processing, less material loss, and vibrational damping effects. The downside is the number of pores created which can alter the tribological properties of the material. The focus of this report is to investigate how lean PM steel behaves under tribological contacts.  Friction and wear will be investigated using a pin-on-disc setup to mimic the sliding part of a gear tooth mesh. Previous studies show that the amount of wear, and if the wear increases or decreases with increased density is dependent on the degree of porosity and the pore size. This means that the wear might be minimized by optimizing the number of pores in the material and their shape and size. The result of this study shows that the friction coefficient decreases with increasing density. The wear coefficient show signs of the same correlations but further tests are needed. The main wear comes from adhesive wear, with signs of abrasive wear. The amount of abrasive wear seems to increase with an increase in density, supporting previous studies claiming that pores can trap wear debris and decrease the number of abrasive particles in the contact.

The thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) of copper oxide films from the non-fluorinated yet liquid precursor bis(tri-<it>n</it>-butylphosphane)copper(I)acetylacetonate, [(^<it>n</it>Bu₃P)₂Cu(acac)], and wet O₂ on Ta, TaN, Ru and SiO₂ substrates at temperatures of < 160&deg;C is reported. Typical temperature-independent growth was observed at least up to 125&deg;C with a growth-per-cycle of ~ 0.1 &Aring; for the metallic substrates and an ALD window extending down to 100&deg;C for Ru. On SiO₂ and TaN the ALD window was observed between 110 and 125&deg;C, with saturated growth shown on TaN still at 135&deg;C. Precursor self-decomposition in a chemical vapor deposition mode led to bi-modal growth on Ta, resulting in the parallel formation of continuous films and isolated clusters. This effect was not observed on TaN up to about 130&deg;C and neither on Ru or SiO₂ for any processing temperature. The degree of nitridation of the tantalum nitride underlayers considerably influenced the film growth. With excellent adhesion of the ALD films on all substrates studied, the results are a promising basis for Cu seed layer ALD applicable to electrochemical Cu metallization in interconnects of ultralarge-scale integrated circuits.<br> &copy; 2009 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved. <br> / Es wird die thermische Atomlagenabscheidung (ALD) von Kupferoxidschichten, ausgehend von der unfluorierten, fl&uuml;ssigen Vorstufenverbindung Bis(tri-<it>n</it>-butylphosphan)kupfer(I)acetylacetonat, [(^<it>n</it>Bu₃P)₂Cu(acac)], sowie feuchtem Sauerstoff, auf Ta-, TaN-, Ru- und SiO₂-Substraten bei Temperaturen < 160&deg;C berichtet. Typisches temperaturunabh&auml;ngiges Wachstum wurde zumindest bis 125&deg;C beobachtet. Damit verbunden wurde f&uuml;r die metallischen Substrate ein Zyklenwachstum von ca. 0.1 &Aring; erzielt sowie ein ALD-Fenster, das f&uuml;r Ru bis zu einer Temperatur von 100&deg;C reicht. Auf SiO₂ und TaN wurde das ALD-Fenster zwischen 110 und 125&deg;C beobachtet, wobei auch bei 135&deg;C noch ges&auml;ttigtes Wachstum auf TaN gezeigt werden konnte. Die selbst&auml;ndige Zersetzung des Precursors &auml;hnlich der chemischen Gasphasenabscheidung f&uuml;hrte zu einem bimodalen Schichtwachstum auf Ta, wodurch gleichzeitig geschlossene Schichten und voneinander isolierte Cluster gebildet wurden. Dieser Effekt wurde auf TaN bis zu einer Temperatur von 130&deg;C nicht beobachtet. Ebensowenig trat er im untersuchten Temperaturbereich auf Ru oder SiO₂ auf. Der Nitrierungsgrad der TaN-Schichten beeinflusste hierbei das Schichtwachstum stark. Mit einer sehr guten Haftung der ALD-Schichten auf allen untersuchten Substratmaterialien erscheinen die Ergebnisse vielversprechend f&uuml;r die ALD von Kupferstartschichten, die f&uuml;r die elektrochemische Kupfermetallisierung in Leitbahnsystemen ultrahochintegrierter Schaltkreise anwendbar sind.

Microtrusses are hybrid materials composed of a three-dimensional array of struts capable of efficiently transmitting an externally applied load. The strut connectivity of microtrusses enables them to behave in a stretch-dominated fashion, allowing higher specific strength and stiffness values to be reached than conventional metal foams. While much attention has been given to the optimization of microtruss architectures, little attention has been given to the strengthening mechanisms inside the materials that make up this architecture. This thesis examines strengthening mechanisms in aluminum alloy and copper alloy microtruss systems with and without a reinforcing structural coating. C11000 microtrusses were stretch-bend fabricated for the first time; varying internal truss angles were selected in order to study the accumulating effects of plastic deformation and it was found that the mechanical performance was significantly enhanced in the presence of work hardening with the peak strength increasing by a factor of three. The C11000 microtrusses could also be significantly reinforced with sleeves of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-53wt%Fe. It was found that the strength increase from work hardening and electrodeposition were additive over the range of structures considered. The AA2024 system allowed the contribution of work hardening, precipitation hardening, and hard anodizing to be considered as interacting strengthening mechanisms. Because of the lower formability of AA2024 compared to C11000, several different perforation geometries in the starting sheet were considered in order to more effectively distribute the plastic strain during stretch-bend fabrication. A T8 condition was selected over a T6 condition because it was shown that the plastic deformation induced during the final step was sufficient to enhance precipitation kinetics allowing higher strengths to be reached, while at the same time eliminating one annealing treatment. When hard anodizing treatments were conducted on O-temper and T8 temper AA2024 truss cores, the strength increase was different for different architectures, but was nearly the same for the two parent material tempers. Finally, the question of how much microtruss strengthening can be obtained for a given amount of parent metal strengthening was addressed by examining the interaction of material and geometric parameters in a model system.

Microtrusses are hybrid materials composed of a three-dimensional array of struts capable of efficiently transmitting an externally applied load. The strut connectivity of microtrusses enables them to behave in a stretch-dominated fashion, allowing higher specific strength and stiffness values to be reached than conventional metal foams. While much attention has been given to the optimization of microtruss architectures, little attention has been given to the strengthening mechanisms inside the materials that make up this architecture. This thesis examines strengthening mechanisms in aluminum alloy and copper alloy microtruss systems with and without a reinforcing structural coating. C11000 microtrusses were stretch-bend fabricated for the first time; varying internal truss angles were selected in order to study the accumulating effects of plastic deformation and it was found that the mechanical performance was significantly enhanced in the presence of work hardening with the peak strength increasing by a factor of three. The C11000 microtrusses could also be significantly reinforced with sleeves of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni-53wt%Fe. It was found that the strength increase from work hardening and electrodeposition were additive over the range of structures considered. The AA2024 system allowed the contribution of work hardening, precipitation hardening, and hard anodizing to be considered as interacting strengthening mechanisms. Because of the lower formability of AA2024 compared to C11000, several different perforation geometries in the starting sheet were considered in order to more effectively distribute the plastic strain during stretch-bend fabrication. A T8 condition was selected over a T6 condition because it was shown that the plastic deformation induced during the final step was sufficient to enhance precipitation kinetics allowing higher strengths to be reached, while at the same time eliminating one annealing treatment. When hard anodizing treatments were conducted on O-temper and T8 temper AA2024 truss cores, the strength increase was different for different architectures, but was nearly the same for the two parent material tempers. Finally, the question of how much microtruss strengthening can be obtained for a given amount of parent metal strengthening was addressed by examining the interaction of material and geometric parameters in a model system.

Adhezní schopnosti gekona byly předmětem mnoha studií a inspirací pro vytvoření mnoha napodobenin. Tato práce navrhuje vlastní verzi umělých gekoních struktur ve tvaru mikroskopických pilířů, které by vykazovaly adhezní vlastnosti srovnatelné s tlapkou gekona. Vyrobeny byli struktury z polymeru Parylen C pomocí fotolitografie a technik na leptání křemíku. Dalším cílem bylo různými metodami pro modifikaci povrchu a charakterizaci vytvořených struktur, které určí adhezní síly těchto povrchů, před a po modifikacích.