Rodica VLADOIU1, Aurelia MANDES2, Virginia DINCA3, Victor CIUPINA4, Silviu POLOSAN5, Elena Matei6
Abstract. Titanium based nanocomposites owing to their remarcable properties of the coating surfaces have been synthetized and investigated in different combination and forms, such as multi-component composites. The binary combination presented in this work will refer to Ti:X (X=Ag, C, Cr), deposited by the innovative Laser Induced-Thermionic Vacuum Arc LTVA method. The deposited thin films were characterized by means of a scanning electron microscope technique (SEM) energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The wettability of the deposited Ti:X thin films was investigated by the surface free energy evaluation (SFE) method. The purpose of our study was to prove the potential applications of Ti-based thin films in fields, such as nanoelectronics, fuel cells, medicine, and materials science.
Keywords: TVA, titanium based nanomaterials, SEM, wettability, electrical properties
DOI 10.56082/annalsarsciphyschem.2025.1.25
1 Prof. Dr., Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania, assoc. member of the Romanian Academy (e-mail: rvladoiu@univ-ovidius.ro).
2 Asst. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania (e-mail: amandes@univ-ovidius.ro ) – Corresponding author.
3 Asst. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania (e-mail: vdinca@univ-ovidius.ro ).
4 Prof. Dr., Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania, full member of the Romanian Academy (e-mail:victorcp41@yahoo.com).
5 Dr., National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest Magurele, Associate Member of The Academy of the Romanian Scientists (email: silv@infim.ro ).
6 Dr., National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest Magurele (email: ematei@infim.ro ).
PUBLISHED in Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Physics and Chemistry, Volume 10, No1