Description: This book presents the spray pyrolysis technique that is used to produce thin films of metallic oxides on glass substrates. Also discussed are the process variables of the spray pyrolysis process used to manufacture specific structures such as nanostructured thin films.
Brief description: Ruxandra Vidu is currently an Assoc. Adj. Prof. of the University of California Davis, USA. She graduated from the University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, and completed her PhD in 2000 at the School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan. Dr. Vidu's research focuses on advanced materials and processes, characterization and nano-device integration. Her research interests include materials for energy and sustainable developments (iron oxide nanoparticles, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), thermoelectrics, solar cells, water treatments); fabrication of thin films and nanowire arrays using electrochemistry and template synthesis; characterization of nanostructures and advanced materials; relationship between nanostructured materials and properties (physical, electrical, chemical, optical, magnetic and electrochemical properties). She is an invited speaker at scientific conferences, authored more than 100 papers in scientific international journals, book chapters and patents, and contributed to hundreds of communications at international conferences. Since 1996, Dr. Vidu has worked with leading universities in Japan, United States, Tunisia and Romania. She is a co-inventor of Bloo Solar's Solar Brush(TM) core technologies that developed the unique 3rd generation three dimensional architecture, thin films, and solar module. She is an elected member of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (ARA) since 2003, and the President of ARA since 2013. Address: University of California Davis, Faculty of Engineering, Davis, California Email: rvidu@ucdavis.edu, info@AmericanRomanianAcademy.org