Upgrade of the research areas and experimental facilities of the 'Lab de Filmes Finos'

• Grant number: 12/07844-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: July 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Ricardo Zanatta
• Grantee: Antonio Ricardo Zanatta
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project wants to renew the research topics of the Laboratório de Filmes Finos (IFSC-USP) through the improvement of its experimental facilities. Within the topics under consideration one should mention: (a) the systematic investigation of thin films containing rare-earth or transition-metal species - aiming at the development of novel luminescent materials, broad-band light sources, energy converters for silicon-based solar cells; (b) the study of wide bandgap materials (such as oxides, nitrides and oxi-nitrides, for example); (c) the development of optical micro-cavities based on films containing rare-earth elements; (d) to explore the crystallization phenomena of amorphous films as induced by temperature, mechanical stress, metallic species, and electric fields; and (e) the investigation of the structural-magnetic properties of films and/or micro- or nano-systems based on the combination of transition metals with Si or Ge. The requested financial support will guarantee the continuation-advancement of the topics just mentioned as well as will provide adequate resources for the training of students in areas of great technological interest. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ZANATTA, A. R.; KORDESCH, M. E.. On the structural-optical properties of Al-containing amorphous Si thin films and the metal-induced crystallization phenomenon. Journal of Applied Physics, v. 116, n. 7, AUG 21 2014. (12/07844-7)