US-Brazil Cooperative Research on Characterization of Mixed Oxide Films
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This award supports cooperative research on mixed                               oxide superconducting films to be carried out by                                Professors Emile Schweikert and D.L. Cocke at Texas                             A&M University and Professors Barros Leite, Baptista,                           Patnaik and Silveira at the Pontifical Catholic                                 University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The research                             will focus on the application of several modern                                 analytical techniques to the characterization of doped                          anodic films, i.e., mixed oxides grown on amorphous                             metals and alloys.  Techniques which will be refined                            and developed for this work include Rutherford                                  backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and nuclear reaction                          analysis (NRA).  In addition, surface characterization                          by particle induced mass spectrometry will be                                   developed.  These techniques will be used to determine                          the thickness and composition of these films that                               exhibit novel catalytic, resistance to corrosion or                             superconducting properties.                                                                                                                                     This work continues a very productive collaboration                             between Brazilian and U.S. scientists. The facilities                           and expertise of both groups contribute, particularly                           in the development of the new techniques, RBS and NRA,                          in Brazil and the sample preparation and analytical                             support at Texas A&M.  Students at Texas will be                                included in Schweikert's study of the surface and thin                          layer characterization of the oxide films and in                                Cocke's sample preparation and analysis.
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