Oxide Thin Films, Multilayers, and Nanocomposites

Preface.- Nanostrucured Oxide Superconducting Films Prepared by Metal Organic Deposition.- Substrate engineering for the growth by spin coating of c-axis and non-c-axis HTS epitaxial thin films.- High Tc superconductivity in engineered cuprate heterostructures.- Three dimensional nano-machining in high-Tc oxide superconductors whiskers and thin films.- Nanocomposite RE-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors.- Design and development of high-Tc superconducting train model using bulk nanocomposite GdBa2Cu3Ox.- Nanostructured oxide thermoelectric materials with enhanced phonon scattering.- Nanostructured thin films of thermoelectric oxides.- Superlattice thin films with metal oxide and organic layers by atomic layer deposition.- Electronic reconstruction at the interface between band insulating oxide: the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 system.- Nanostructured cerium oxide films: synthesis, properties, and applications.- Fabrication of ZnO thin film and nanostructures for optoelectronic devices application.- Hybrid Oxide nanostructures as photocatalysts.- A visible perception from the Nanoworld - Visible light active metal oxide nanomaterials in photocatalysis and quantum dots.

Dr. Paolo Mele is a researcher at the Institute of Sustainable Sciences and Development of Hiroshima University.