Postdoctoral researcher Francisco Alfaro presented at the XLIV XLIV Brazilian Congress on Vacuum Applications in Industry and Science (CBrAVIC 2023) the works titled “Design of a vacuum chamber for film deposition by magnetron sputtering” and “Nb-doped TiO₂ films for application as transparent conductive oxides.” Both works received funding from CNPq. The first work involves the construction of a vacuum chamber for sputtering, produced in partnership with the company 4KSOLID and students from the Mechanical Engineering program at UniSENAI campus Jaraguá do Sul-SC, under the guidance of researcher Francisco Alfaro and the supervision of Professor Diego Alexandre Duarte. The project, which was the subject of the students’ undergraduate thesis, was defended in December 2023 under the title “Projeto de uma câmara de vácuo para deposição de filmes finos pelo processo de magnetron sputtering” (in Portuguese).
Professor Diego Alexandre Duarte presented the works “Photocatalytic activity of Nb-doped TiO2 thin films deposited by spin coating” and “Electronic structure characterization of supported-metal catalysts by XPS technique” at the XXI B-MRS Meeting held from October 1 – 5 in Maceió (AL/Brazil).
During the same period, undergraduate research students Luiz Eduardo Prince Goehr, Júlia Rezende Mattos, and Lucas Yudi Pavani presented the following works “Modeling the magnetic field of magnetron sputtering systems”, “The effects of the reactor geometry and the use of cosolvents in the biodiesel synthesis by a plasma-assisted catalytic route” and “Mass transfer between oil and methanol in the biodiesel production by DBD plasma assisted catalytic reactor”, respectively, at the XVI Encontro de Física do ITA, held at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) in São José dos Campos SP/Brazil.
Presented works can be reviewed in the event’s Book of Abstracts. The work presented by student Júlia Rezende was awarded as the best undergraduate presentation at the event. All works related to biodiesel production via plasma-assisted techniques are being conducted in partnership with the Applied Combustion and Catalysis Laboratory (LAC) at UFSC Joinville.
At the end of August, undergratuate student Ellen Mayumi Miyake had her research work “Produção de células solares sensibilizadas com corante de mirtilo” (in Portuguese) published in the proceedings of the the IV Congresso Brasileiro Interdisciplinar em Ciência e Tecnologia.
All undergraduate research students presented their work with CNPq scholarships funded through the PIBIC/UFSC program and research projects. Congratulations, everyone! You did an excellent job.
