ABSTRACT
This chapter presents three full papers that report detailed case studies in the field of multivariate techniques applied to material sciences. The first one is a contribution on the application of factorial design applied to the fabrication of a micro/nano hierarchical ZnO superhydrophobic surface via simple and fast chemical bath deposition method without hydrophobization post-treatment. The second contributed paper presents the application of evolutionary design and Successive Bayesian Estimation in order to introduce the reader to advanced Design of Experiments methodologies. The third reports an interesting application of how a very simple technique, such as Principal Component Analysis, was applied to analyze the data obtained through sweep cyclic voltammetry, allowing the study of the influence of selected chemical inhibitors on the morphology of voltammograms. ATR-FTIR spectroscopy was used to examine the chemical composition of ZnO surfaces. Properties of a polymer are not defined by its chemical formula.
