We report an investigation of third-order optical nonlinearities in Ge nanocrystals (∼ 6 nm radius) embedded in silica matrix using the Z-scan and pump-probe techniques with femtosecond laser pulses at 780-nm wavelength. The nanocrystallite Ge samples were prepared using magnetron co-sputtering and post-thermal annealing at 800 ◦C. The nonlinear absorption coefficient and refractive index of th...

We report an investigation of the structural, morphological, ac-dc electrical, magnetic, and Mössbauer spectroscopy properties 20MnFe2O4-80SiO2 nanocomposite prepared using a one-step facile auto-combustion approach. XRD pattern shows formation MnFe2O4 nanocrystallite without any crystallization SiO2 phase. However, presence secondary phase nanosized α-Fe2O3 particles was also detected. The mor...

We report on the synthesis, morphology, chemically and structurally of La2O3-Co3O4-ZrO2 nanostructure. The La2O3-Co3O4-ZrO2 nanostructure was synthesized by a method based on the co-precipitation. Composite powders have been characterized by XRD (X-ray diffraction), SEM (scanning electr...

We report on the synthesis, morphology, chemically and structurally of La2O3-Co3O4-ZrO2 nanostructure. The La2O3-Co3O4-ZrO2 nanostructure was synthesized by a method based on the co-precipitation. Composite powders have been characterized by XRD (X-ray diffraction), SEM (scanning electr...

Semiconducting metal oxide - based gas sensors exhibit outstanding sensitivity, although humidity in the analyte typically hampers precise measurements. In this work it was shown that a 5?6 nm thin Al2O3 nano-layer is particularly beneficial reducing interference due to of p-type conductivity copper oxide-based sensors. An effective approach from chemical solutions at 75 °C and thermal annealin...

A column study on U(VI)-contaminated vadose zone sediments from the Hanford Site, WA, was performed to investigate U(VI) release kinetics with water advection and variable geochemical conditions. The sediments were collected from an area adjacent to and below tank BX-102 that was contaminated as a result of a radioactive tank waste overfill event. The primary reservoir for U(VI) in the sediment...

We explored the magnetic behavior of a common two-phase nanomag-netic system by Monte Carlo computer simulation of a modified Heisenberg model on a 3D complex lattice with single-and cluster-spins. The effect of exchange coupling between two component magnetic phases was studied on the enhancement in Curie temperature T A c (ECT) of the intergranular amorphous region of a common duplex-phase al...

We have developed a low-cost technique using a conventional microwave oven to grow layered basic zinc acetate (LBZA) nanosheets (NSs) from a zinc acetate, zinc nitrate and HMTA solution in only 2 min. The as-grown crystals and their pyrolytic decomposition into ZnO nanocrystalline NSs are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), atomic for...

A novel ternary Punica granatum L-Cu/Cu2O/CuO/ZnO nanocomposite was successfully synthesised via green route. In this work, we demonstrate that the green synthesis of metal oxides is more viable and facile compare to other methods, i.e., physical and chemical routes while presenting a potential electrode for energy applications. The prepared nanocomposite was characterised by both microscopic a...