The Faculty of Materials Engineering Asst.Prof.  Alaa Al-Din Abdul Hamid and Asst.Prof. Sura Salim Ahmed and Mina Faisal joint scientific research entitled:

A study of the effect of ZnO membranes on some characteristics of transparent and stained glass windows in the Journal of the American Institute of Physics (AIP)

The study involved the preparation of samples of stained glass and transparent colorless glass coated with metal oxide for construction applications. A layer of ZnO zinc oxide coating was deposited by thermal chemical decomposition technology for use in sustainability applications. Structural properties of XRD, SEM, Atomic AFM and thermal properties and optical properties and impact of the coating conditions on the paint applied to the glass and color.

The results showed that the sedimentation layer was less than 90 nm thick and was crystallized with a high optical transparency that was not significantly affected by the deposition of the ZnO film while the electrical insulation decreased significantly after the deposition of the film and the effect of the weather conditions was very discreet