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The Effect of Microstructure on I-V Properties in Si/SiO2 Film

Ma S.Y., Ma Z.-J., Ma S.Y., Ma Z.-J., Northwest Normal University, CN

P-type Si(100) wafers with 8~11 Ω•cm resistivity were used as substrates. The Si substrates were put into the magnetron sputtering device (JGP560B), and three kinds of Si/SiO2 film were fabricated using the R.F magnetron sputtering [...]

Growth, Electrical and Optical Properties of SnO2:F on ZnO , Si and Porous Si Structure

Ferreira da Silva A., Castro Meira M.V., Persson C., Gutman N., Sa’ar A., Klason P., Willander M., Canestraro C.D., Moreno T.V., Roman L.S., Universidade Federal da Bahia, BR

1- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Ondina, Salvador-Ba,40210-340, Brazil 2- CETEC-Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas-Ba, 44380-000, Brazil 3- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology,SE-100 44 [...]

Obtaining and Characterization of Tin Powders by Reactive Milling in Air

Lara A.E.O., Lara J.O., Lara A.E.O., Lara J.O., Ramírez H.B., ESIQIE-IPN, MX

TiN powder was obtained by reactive milling of a titanium powder in air. The Ti powder was milled in an attrition mill. Characterization of the powders was carried out by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), [...]

Crack Healing and Crack Closure Retardation Effect Through Release of Liquid Monomer in the Wake of Crack

Farahmand B., Maiti S., TASS - Americas, US

Of late a new paradigm of materials design, that of biomimicry, has gained wide attention for its promise to design and develop new synthetic materials exploiting lightweight, failure resistant and multifunctional properties of biological materials. [...]

Characteristics of carbon nano-dots fabricated by the Thermo-electrical Pulse Induced Evaporation

Park H.Y., KAIST, KR

The carbon quantum dot, one of Carbon based materials, has attracted tremendous attention from engineers and scientist. Carbon nano-dots have been fabricated by various method, but they cannot adjust and control the size of dots. [...]

Evaluation of Uncertainty in Nanoparticle Size Measurement by Electro-gravitational Aerosol Balance

Lin C-M, Yu T.-C., Pan S.-P., Wang H.-F., Chen C-J., Industrial Technology Research Institute, TW

A primary standard of particle size ranging from 100 nm to 500 nm in number mean diameter, based on the electro-gravitational aerosol balance, has been developed in Center for Measurement Standards of Industrial Technology Research [...]

Photoluminescence Studies of Zn-ZnO Inorganic/ SDS Organic Nanocomposite Materials Synthesized by Laser Ablation at Different Temperature

Singh S.C., Swarnkar R.K., Gopal R., Allahabad University, IN

Materials at the nanoscale have shown their importance in the fabrication of electronic, optoelectronic, sensing, and energy storing and harvesting devices. They act also vital role in the fluorescent tagging, fluorescence microscopy and imagine. Fluorescent [...]

Measurement of Structural and Mechanical Property of Live Mesangial Cell (MC) by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Lee G.J., Lee S-H., Park E.J., Park H.K., Park J.H., Lee G.J., Lee S-H., Lim J.E., Eo Y.H., Han J.H., Choi S., Park E.J., Park H.K., Park J.H., Shin Y.A., Jin H.S., Hong K.W., Oh B.S., Park E.J., Park H.K., Park J.H., Kyung Hee University, KR

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has become an important device to visualize various cells and biological materials for non-invasive imaging. The major advantage of AFM compared to the conventional optical and electron microscopes is its convenience. [...]

Gold Nanoparticle-Assisted AFM Study of DNA Damage and Repair

Demir E., Ozber N., Kavakli H., Kizilel S., Rumelifeneri Yolu College of Engineering, TR

The purpose of this research is to investigate gold nanoparticles as a potential scaffold for the characterization of DNA damage and repair using atomic force microscopy techniques. The procedure consists of functionalizing the surface of [...]

Structural fingerprinting of nano-crystals based on high resolution transmission electron microscopy imaging: challenges and perspectives

Rouvimov S., Moon B., Moeck P., Portland State University, US

The methods for structure identification and analysis of nanocrystalline particles are in high demand for nanotechnology and nanofabrication, areas that require fast, reliable and robust metrologies for nanometer-sized objects. High-resolution (HR) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) [...]