Sone BT Author
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metal oxide synthesis, gas sensing, energy storage, light harvesting, chromogenics.
UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, South Africa
Sone BT working in the UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. Sone BT has an area of research interest in the field of metal oxide synthesis, gas sensing, energy storage, light harvesting, chromogenic.
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Author(s): Kotsedi L, Kaviyarasu K, Fuku XG, Sone BT and Maaza M
Strain in Vanadium Thin Film due Nanosecond Laser Treatment
A thin coating of vanadium was grown on a glass substrate using vacuum coating technique. Piezoelectric thickness monitor was used to measure the thickness of the deposited coatings in-situ. The vanadium layer was then treated with a nanosecond pulsed fiber laser source in ambient conditions, and this resulted in the surface cracking due to heat dissipation from the laser. The density of cracks was observed to increase in a direct proportion to the laser fluence. The increase in the density of the cracks was accompanied by the surface modification of the of the vanadium layer as observed in t... view moreĀ»