Instrumentation to Support the Research Program of Pulsed Laser Deposition of Polymer Nanocomposite Films
Abstract
This supported grant was very great to compliment the current grant which is conducting research project Laser deposition of polymer nanocomposite films sponsored by AFOSR through research Grants FA9550-12-1-0068. The five-year project is entering its fourth year and without the support of this grant, much work would be delayed and would be even impossible to achieve. The main objective of the project is to investigate feasibility of the new method of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) invented by Dr. Darwish, which is called multiple beam pulsed laser deposition (MPLD). It is expected that the method will be especially beneficial for making polymer/inorganic nanocomposite films, which conventional PLD methods fail to produce. It has been already demonstrated for the first time that the proposed new MPLD made possible to transfer the highly efficient inorganic upconversion rare earth (RE) fluoride phosphors in composite polymer films preserving the RE compound crystalline structure and high-brilliance upconversion emission. This is due to much better control of the deposition process of the materials of different nature. In order to extend greatly the capabilities of the ongoing DoD funded research program, grant supported to acquire the needed instrumentation to support the acquiring the data and optical characterization of the fabricated thin film by the DPLD chamber: Here is the list of the equipment which was purchased and installed in the optical characterization lab which is adjacent to the PLD lab.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 19, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1001080
Entities
People
- Abdalla Darwish
Organizations
- Dillard University