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Zinc oxide thin films are successfully deposited using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), representing a novel approach for fabricating transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers. The initial undoped ZnO film exhibits a polycrystalline structure with a pronounced (002) orientation and low optical absorptance. [...]

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Advanced nanodevices require high-precision machining of thin films using ultrafast lasers. However, thin-film fabrications cause variations in microstructure, crystallographic orientation, and residual stresses owing to coating conditions and substrate choice. [...]

The PREFER (Polarization REsearch for Fusion Experiments and Reactors) collaboration aimsto address the know-hows in different fields and techniques to the challenging bet on energyproduction by nuclear fusion with polarized fuel. The collaboration involves different institutionsand researchers, sharing skills and peculiar abilities, having then possibilities to span over a varietyof tasks and objectives, which are under the responsibility of the authors of this contribution,leading their groups. [...]

Nuclear spin polarization has important applications across various fields, including physics andmedicine. It also offers several advantages, such as cross-section enhancement, in the five-nucleonfusion reactions, namely the D–T and D–$^3$He reactions. [...]