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Structural distortion of ferroelectric thin films caused by film strain has a strong impact on the microwave dielectric properties. SrTiO3 thin films epitaxially grown on (110)DyScO3 substrates using molecular beam epitaxy are extremely strained (i.e., ∼1% in-plane tensional strain) from 3.905Å of bulk SrTiO3. The roo…
Piezoelectric actuators normally have complicated structures and work under severe loading conditions, e.g., high driving electric field and significant compressive preload. This study is focused on the experimental investigation of the electromechanical properties of a commercial soft lead zirconate titanate material…
Collagen is an important component for cosmetic formulation, where it is an effective natural humectant with high substantivity. Commercial collagen preparations have a wide range of properties. In the present study, various techniques have been used to examine three distinct commercial collagens that illustrate the r…
The emission channeling technique was applied to evaluate the lattice location of implanted Fe59 in single-crystalline ZnO. The angular distribution of β− particles emitted by Fe59 was monitored with a position-sensitive electron detector, following 60 keV low dose (2.0×1013cm−2) room-temperature implantation of the p…
Investigations of the structure-property relationships in Pb1−3x∕2Lax(Zr0.55Sn0.35Ti0.10)O3. (PLZST100x∕55∕35∕10) have been performed for x between 0 and 0.08 by means of x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, polarization, and dielectric studies. Factors affecting the phase stability were determined. The base compos…
In this paper Ar∕H2∕CH4 microwave discharges used for nanocrystalline diamond chemical vapor deposition in a bell-jar cavity reactor were characterized by both experimental and modeling investigations. Discharges containing 1% CH4 and H2 percentages ranging between 2% and 7% were analyzed as a function of the input mi…
Nanophase materials have enhanced properties (thermal, mechanical, electrical, surface reactivity, etc.) not found in bulk materials. Intuitively, the enhancement of material properties could occur when the materials encounter biological specimens. Previous investigations of biological interactions with nanometer-scal…
The isothermal structural relaxation of glassy, spin-cast polymer thin films has been investigated. Specifically, the thickness h of freshly cast poly(methyl methacrylate) thin films was measured over time using spectroscopic ellipsometry. The spin-cast films exhibit a gradual decrease in thickness, which is attribute…
Tetrahedral amorphous carbon films with 70%–88% sp3 content are studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Raman spectroscopy as a function of annealing temperature in the range 25–1100°C. Using a high-resolution AFM current imaging, we directly image the formation and growth…
Vuks equations correlate the microscopic molecular polarizabilities to the macroscopic refractive indices of anisotropic crystalline materials. For anisotropic liquid crystals, the molecular polarizabilities are difficult to measure directly due to the short- and long-range interactions. We have converted Vuks equatio…
A glass waveguide amplifier was constructed in an Er/sup 3+/- and Yb/sup 3+/-doped phosphate glass. The waveguide channels were defined via a field-assisted Ag/sup +/ diffusion process. A net gain of 4.1 dB was measured at 1534 nm in a 3-mm length waveguide.
Epitaxial Ba1−xSrxTiO3 (BST) thin films with different Ba∕Sr ratio (x=0.1–0.9 with an interval of 0.1) have been grown on (001) LaAlO3 substrates using polymer-assisted deposition. Dielectric measurements show that the films have dielectric properties comparable to the BST films grown by the pulsed laser deposition. S…
Photoluminescent porous silicon (PSi) patterns of micrometer dimension were produced by the Pt-assisted electroless etching of Si in 1:1:2 methanol:HF:H2O2. Pt-containing squares with side lengths ranging from 1.25to20μm were defined by a focused-ion-beam-assisted maskless deposition of Pt from an organometallic precu…
Barium zirconate shows better chemical and mechanical stability than the corresponding cerate, but lower protonic conductivity largely due to resistive grain boundary contributions. In this work we attempted to reduce the grain boundary resistance of BaZr0.9Y0.1O2.95 starting from a core–shell modification of its grai…
Nanotechnology is a revolutionary scientific and engineering concept that will have a large impact on our life. A core piece of this technology is the production of nanomaterials for electronic, chemical, medical, pharmaceutical, and environmental applications. In the last case, natural and modified natural nanomateri…
The hydrogen adsorption of mesoporous carbon materials with different mesostructures, surface areas, and pore volumes has been investigated. Experimental results indicate that the hydrogen adsorption capacities are dominantly related to their surface areas. A hydrogen adsorption capacity of 1.78 wt % was obtained at 7…
The relaxor type of ferroelectric material Ba(FeNb)1∕2O3, which has a partially disordered perovskite structure, has been characterized and shown a maximum plateau of the dielectric permittivity depending upon the temperature. The dielectric constant at a low frequency is up to 30 000 at room temperature. While the si…
Magnetite epitaxial thin films have been prepared by pulsed laser deposition on MgO and Si substrates. The magnetic and electrical properties of these epitaxial films are close to those of single crystals. For 40-50 nm thick films, the saturation magnetization and electrical conductivity are ∼450emu∕cm3 and 225Ω−1cm−1…
Artificial superlattices of SrZrO3(SZO)∕SrTiO3(STO) were fabricated by molecular-beam epitaxy. Lattice parameters showed that the lattice distortion (c∕a ratio) attained a maximum value in the [(SZO)10∕(STO)10]4 superlattice. Dielectric relaxation was observed in the [(SZO)1∕(STO)1]40 and [(SZO)10∕(STO)10]4 superlatti…
In the present study, we report the hydrogen content estimation of the hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) films using visible Raman spectroscopy in a fast and nondestructive way. Hydrogenated diamondlike carbon films were deposited by the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, plasma beam source, and integrated…