Contents



Preface

Thin films are thin material layers ranging from fractions of a nanometer to several micrometers in thickness. The properties of material differ significantly when analyzed in the form of thin films. Thin film technologies make use of the fact that the properties can be controlled by the thickness parameter. Thin films are formed by deposition generally, using chemical or physical methods. Thin films, both crystalline and amorphous, have enormous importance in the age of high technology. Thin film technology is a relatively new and growing field in the physical and chemical sciences, which is a confluence of materials science, applied

The properties of thin films are extremely sensitive to the method of preparation.

Chapter 1, "Thin Films/Properties and Applications" by Edwin Acosta, covers the fundamentals of thin film technology, including deposition techniques, structure and morphology, film properties, characterization techniques, and

Chapter 2, "Infrared Characterization and Electrochemical Study of Silanes Grafted into Surface of Copper" by Mashmoudi Mohamed, investigates the adsorption of γ-MPS and γ-APS onto pure copper at different dried conditions and studies the possibility of using these two coupling agents' treatment on copper to enhance its

Chapter 3, "Fabrication and Characterization of Cobalt-Pigmented Anodized Zinc for Photocatalytic Application" by Judith Chebwogen and Christopher Mkirema Maghanga, shows that ZnO film pigmented with cobalt for 20 seconds was found to be the most photocatalytic with a rate constant of 0.0317hr-1. Thus, it had the optimum cobalt concentration for photocatalytic water treatment and can be

Chapter 4, "Diverse Synthesis and Characterization Techniques of Nanoparticles" by Agnes Chinecherem Nkele and Fabian I. Ezema, provides insight into the knowledge of nanoparticles, their classifications, parameters affecting their efficient

Chapter 5, "Roles of Cobalt Doping on Structural and Optical of ZnO Thin Films by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis" by Sabrina Roguai and Abdelkader Djelloul, shows how

performance, and synthesis and characterization techniques.

Several techniques have been developed and are discussed in this book.

chemistry, applied physics, surface science, and others.

**Section I: Properties and Applications**

**Section II: Characterization**

corrosion protective performance.

applied in small-scale water purification.

**Section III: Nanoparticles**

applications.
