Author:Nkosi, SS; Lafane, S; Masina, Bathusile N; Ndwandwe, OMDate:Dec 2016The magnetic properties of paramagnetic/weakly ferromagnetic films are strongly affected by the proximity to materials that undergo a metal to insulator phase transition. Here, we show that under the deposition conditions associated with ...Read more
Author:Masina, Bathusile N; Lafane, S; Wu, Lorinda; Kerdja, T; Abdelli-Messaci, S; Forbes, ADate:Oct 2013The main objective of this study is to fully optimise the synthesis of vanadium oxide nanostructures using pulsed laser deposition. We will attempt to realise this by studying the mechanism of the plasma formation and expansion during the ...Read more
Author:Masina, Bathusile N; Lafane, S; Wu, Lorinda; Abdelli-Messaci, S; Kerdja, T; Forbes, ADate:Feb 2014Fast imaging plasma plume study have been carried out on vanadium-oxygen plasma generated using 248 nm, 25 ns pulses from an excimer KrF laser under oxygen atmosphere. The plume expansion dynamics of an ablated VO(sub2) target was investigated ...Read more