A review of the authors’ research works on Variable-Angle Spectroscopy (VASE) graphene-based films is presented. The interaction graphene oxide (GO) with magnetron-sputtered metals a promising area. VASE optical models GO thin deposited titanium (Ti), silver (Ag) and gold (Au) are discussed. Moreover, properties nanoplatelet (GNPS) reduced (RGO) stabilized Poly(Sodium 4-Styrenesulfonate) (PSS) ...

Polyethylene has widely been used in radiative cooling applications because of high transmittance values the atmospheric window. However, it presents optical and mechanical degradation when exposed to environmental conditions must be replaced every few months. This paper aims find an alternative polyethylene a unique device, Radiative Collector Emitter (RCE), that combines solar collection nigh...

Starch-coated polyethylene (PE) films were prepared by immersing PE in a hot, jet cooked solution of starch. They were allowed to react with acrylonitrile (AN) in the presence of ceric ammonium nitrate initiator, and the graft polymerization that occurred produced starch-g-polyacrylonitrile (PAN) coatings that contained about 25 wt % grafted PAN. The starch-g-PAN coatings tightly adhered to the...

We report the implementation of continuous, highly flexible, and transparent graphene films obtained by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) as transparent conductive electrodes (TCE) in organic photovoltaic cells. Graphene films were synthesized by CVD, transferred to transparent substrates, and evaluated in organic solar cell heterojunctions (TCE/poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene:poly styrenesulfona...

Drug carriers capable of releasing drugs at a constant rate, or following zero-order kinetics, can lead to the best control of plasma drug concentration. Here we demonstrated that zero-order release of polyphenolic drugs, including tannic acid, epigallocatechin gallate, proanthocyanidins, and theaflavin-3'-gallate, could be achieved using hydrogen-bonded layer-by-layer films as the drug carrier...

Using the Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) process developed at the Naval Research Laboratory, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube composite thin films have been successfully fabricated. This process involves dissolving or suspending the film material in a volatile solvent, freezing the mixture to create a solid target, and using a low fluence pulsed laser to evaporate the targ...

Manganese oxides (MnOx), being active, inexpensive and low-toxicity materials, are considered promising water oxidation catalysts (WOCs). This work reports the preparation and the physico-chemical and electrochemical characterization of spin-coated (SC) films of commercial Mn₂O₃, Mn₃O₄ and MnO₂ powders. Spin coating consists of few preparation steps and employs green chemicals (i.e., ethanol, a...