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Tailoring metal film texture by use of high atomic mobility at metal-semiconductor interfaces
摘要： The difference in the microstructural and texture evolution of Al films grown on amorphous SiO2 (a-SiO2) and amorphous Ge (a-Ge) substrates have been investigated. Surprisingly, the a-Ge substrate was found to change the preferred orientation of Al grains from the conventional (1 1 1) to the unconventional (1 1 0). The effect of the high mobility of Ge atoms at the metal-semiconductor interface on the microstructural and texture evolution of the metal thin film was studied. The diffusion of the Al adatoms on the a-Ge substrate was suppressed owing to the segregation of Ge atoms at the film surface. The mobility of Al grain boundaries was also suppressed because of grain-boundary wetting by the Ge atoms. It is concluded that the a-Ge substrate could tailor the Al grain orientation from (1 1 1) to (1 1 0) owing to the change in the film-growth mode from three-dimensional to two-dimensional nucleation. The concept of interaction-induced island-growth model, which is based on the Volmer–Weber growth model, is also discussed here. This work thus demonstrates how the atomic mobility at the interface of the metal thin film and the semiconductor substrate controls the film microstructure and texture during deposition.
关键词： Substrate,Microstructure,Surface diffusion,Texture,Metal thin film,Grain-boundary wetting
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Flexible all-organic photorefractive devices
摘要： The objective of the present study is to demonstrate and evaluate the photorefractive (PR) performance of an all-organic PR device with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-modified organic conductive electrode of PEDOT:PSS coated on polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The PR composite consisted of a triphenylamine-based photoconductive polymer: poly(4-(diphenylamino)benzylacrylate) (PDAA), triphenylamine photoconductive plasticizer: (4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)methanol (TPAOH), nonlinear optical dye based on aminocyanostyrene: (4-asacycloheptylbenzylidenemalononitrile) (7-DCST), and soluble fullerene: [6, 6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid-methyl ester (PCBM). For comparison with the all-organic PR device, the PR performances using PET/ITO, glass/ITO, and glass/PEDOT:PSS substrates were also evaluated. The PR performance at an applied electric field of 40 V μm-1: diffraction efficiency and the response time of the PR device using PET/PEDOT:PSS-SAM substrate were 21.9%, and 390 ms, respectively. As a result of repeating bending test on this all-organic PR device, we found that the flexible PR device with PET/PEDOT:PSS-SAM substrate had a potential to withstand bending 10,000 times and revealed that the change in the haze value strongly influenced the degradation of PR performance.
关键词： All-organic,Photorefractive polymer,ITO-free device,PET substrate,PEDOT:PSS,Flexible
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Wide-bandwidth thru-reflect-line calibration for empty substrate-integrated coaxial line with grounded coplanar transitions
摘要： Empty coaxial structures built with printed circuit boards have low radiation, low losses, high quality factor and non-dispersive features. The full integration of empty substrate-integrated coaxial line (ESICL) in a planar substrate is nowadays a fact thanks to a grounded coplanar transition. To properly characterize and measure this new ESICL family of devices, a low cost and easy to manufacture thru-reflect-line calibration kit is proposed to de-embed not only the connectors and feeding lines, but also the ESICL transitions.
关键词： calibration,grounded coplanar,thru-reflect-line,empty substrate-integrated coaxial line
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Enhancement of substrate-coating adherence of boron-doped diamond electrodes by nanosecond laser surface texturing pretreatment
摘要： To improve the substrate-coating adherence of Nb-based boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes, laser surface texturing (LST) pretreatment was investigated. Substrates were textured by a Nd:YAG laser (1.06 μm radiation, 20 ns) with several laser parameters such as single pulse energy and scanning spacing, then coated with a BDD film by hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD). Characteristics of the substrates and BDD thin film electrodes were investigated. The results revealed that periodic valley-like structures were fabricated on substrate surfaces. LST pretreatment can significantly enhance the substrate-coating adherence of BDD electrode samples, and the laser cleaning step can effectively remove the surface oxide layer generated by laser pretreatment. Single pulse energy is a crucial influencing factor, the proper pulse energy can provide the best adherence property, providing sufficient surface treatment effect, promoting nucleation, release residual stress and promote the mechanical interlock. Suitable scanning spacing can further improve the coating adherence, and the match of scanning spacing and single pulse spacing can effectively avoid the directional peeling.
关键词： Laser cleaning,BDD electrode,Laser surface texturing,Substrate-coating adherence
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Magnetic SERS Composite Nanoparticles for Microfluidic Oil Reservoir Tracer Detection and Nanoprobe Applications
摘要： Composite magnetic nanoparticles are designed and synthesized with different morphologies as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates or SERS-active particles. Through the incorporation of a magnetic functionality we provide a means to concentrate SERS-active nanoparticles in a low-volume microfluidic channel where the detected entity is now either a flowing analyte (e.g. tracer or chemical) or SERS-active particles contained in a target reservoir fluid. This collection strategy allows for detection using small amounts of material and can be optimized to provide selectivity for trace-level materials detection at the wellsite. We also demonstrate low-concentration detection of dye molecules used for reservoir tracer materials by optimizing the fluid flow rate and the intensity of the magnetic field. Thus, we developed an efficient magnetic SERS microfluidic detection platform for in situ monitoring trace level of analyte molecules. The integration of SERS with microfluidic systems also can extends the application of Raman detection in bio-medical research and microreactor monitoring where low volumes of expensive samples make traditional detection methods ineffective or cost prohibitive.
关键词： surface-enhanced Raman scattering,SERS nanoprobes,magnetic SERS,SERS substrate,nanoparticle,microfluidics
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Millimeter-Scale Growth of Single-Oriented Graphene on a Palladium Silicide Amorphous Film
摘要： It is widely accepted in condensed matter physics and material science communities that a single-oriented overlayer cannot be grown on an amorphous substrate because the disordered substrate randomizes the orientation of the seeds, leading to polycrystalline grains. In the case of two-dimensional materials such as graphene, the large-scale growth of single-oriented materials on an amorphous substrate has remained unsolved. Here, we demonstrate experimentally that the presence of uniformly oriented graphene seeds facilitates the growth of millimeter-scale single-oriented graphene with 3×4 mm2 on palladium silicide, which is an amorphous thin film, where the uniformly oriented graphene seeds were epitaxially grown. The amorphous palladium silicide film promotes the growth of the single-oriented growth of graphene by causing carbon atoms to be diffusive and mobile within and on the substrate. In contrast to these results, without the uniformly oriented seeds, the amorphous substrate leads to the growth of polycrystalline graphene grains. This millimeter-scale single-oriented growth from uniformly oriented seeds can be applied to other amorphous substrates.
关键词： silicon carbide,amorphous substrate,single orientation,graphene,palladium silicide
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Growth, morphology and crystal structure of electrodeposited Bi2Se3 films: Influence of the substrate
摘要： In this study, we investigated the growth, morphology and crystal structure of electrodeposited Bi2Se3 films on n-Si, Au and Ru substrates. The range of potentials at which films with good quality and stoichiometry can be grown have been identified. Scanning electron micrographs of the early stages of nucleation and growth suggests the film formation on all three substrates follow the Volmer-Weber growth mode. In the case of Si substrate, a pure orthorhombic phase of Bi2Se3 could be grown which is influenced by the epitaxy of the Si substrate. The Faradaic efficiency of film growth on Si substrate was found to be around 90%. However, on Au and Ru substrates, growth of mainly the rhombohedral phase could be achieved having relatively lower Faradaic efficiencies of 68% and 78%, respectively. The Bi2Se3 films grown on Au at more negative potentials were found to exhibit improvements in the rhombohedral crystal phase. Low temperature annealing was found to transform the orthorhombic or mixed phase crystal structure to that of pure rhombohedral. The onset of phase transformation in the mixed phase Bi2Se3 films (on Au) was found to be around 125°C, determined using in-situ Raman spectroscopy. Aside from the temperature, the duration of heat treatment is identified to play a crucial role in this phase transformation. Based on our findings on room temperature deposition, we conclude that the growth of pure orthorhombic phase is favored on Si, while on Au and Ru, growth of the rhombohedral or mixed phase of Bi2Se3 could be achieved.
关键词： Raman,Annealing,Electrodeposition,Crystal structure,Substrate epitaxy,Bi2Se3,Growth
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Effect of structures and substrate temperatures on BaZn0.06Bi0.94O3- perovskite-based NTC thermistor thin films
摘要： Negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor thin films based on perovskite-type BaBiO3 (BB) and BaZn0.06Bi0.94O3-δ (BZB) were successfully prepared by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering method on Pt substrate. The crystal structure and grain morphology of the BZB and BB films deposited at different substrate temperatures (25–200 °C and 200 °C, respectively) were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscope (AFM). The substrate temperature had a significant influence on the crystallinity and phase structure, in which the main crystalline phases with the cubic and tetragonal BaBiO3-based perovskite structures could be obtained on the substrate temperatures of 100 °C and 200 °C, respectively. On the other hand, the electrical properties were analyzed by measuring the resistance temperature (ρ-T) characteristics, and all the thin films exhibited good NTC thermistor characteristics. In addition, the grain (Rg) and grain boundary (Rgb) contribution to the total resistance were estimated by three parallel R-CPE equivalent circuits in series, in which the main contribution of resistance for BZB thin film deposited at 200 °C was derived from Rg response rather than that in Rgb at the higher temperature range. This was one of the most important reasons why this sample had a good NTC behavior, and this result was confirmed by the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics analysis. For the BB film, the room-temperature resistivity (ρ25) was 1540 Ω cm (B25/85 –3240 K), while the ρ25 value decreased to approximately 1156 Ω cm (B25/85 –3183 K) for BZB film deposited at a same substrate temperature (200 °C). This is mainly due to the change in crystal structural characteristics. It is believed that the substitution of Zn2+ for BB thin films deposited at an appropriate temperature will be useful for low-resistance applications as novel thin film NTC thermistors.
关键词： Substrate temperature,NTC thermistor,Electrical properties,BaBiO3,Thin film
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Design of a Broadband Metasurface Luneburg Lens for Full-Angle Operation
摘要： We present a broadband metasurface Luneburg lens for full-angle operation. The design of the Luneburg lens is based on an inverted substrate parallel-plate-waveguide structure with nonuniform circular holes etched on the upper metallic plate. We show that this structure is superior to existing designs as it allows significant simplification of the fabrication process. To achieve a smooth variation of the effective refractive index profile as well as circular symmetry for the Luneburg lens, size-variable meta atoms are used for synthesizing the metasurface. The effective refractive index profile can be tuned by varying just the hole diameters. By introducing tapered microstrip ports that are evenly distributed on the circumference of the Luneburg lens, full-angle operation of the lens can be achieved. A prototype with a diameter of 400 mm is fabricated and experimentally evaluated at operating frequencies ranging from 6 GHz to 9 GHz. We show good conceptual agreement between simulated and experimental results.
关键词： metasurface,inverted substrate parallel-plate-waveguide,Luneburg lens,Full-angle operation
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Bonding of Large Substrates by Silver Sintering and Characterization of the Interface Thermal Resistance
摘要： Low-temperature silver sintering technology, which has been proven to be a promising die-attach solution, was extended to bonding large substrates. Strong bonding strengths for substrates greater than 25 mm × 50 mm were achieved by sintering a nanosilver paste at temperatures below 270oC with less than 5 MPa pressure. To characterize the thermal performance of the substrate-attach interface, we applied a transient thermal technique with cumulative structure function analysis. Using self-heating and temperature-sensitive threshold voltage of a power device, we measured the transient thermal responses of the device placed at various locations on the bonded structures. Each transient thermal response was used to determine cumulative structure function, which represents the relationship between cumulative thermal capacitance and cumulative thermal resistance from the device junction to the ambient environment. Two-dimensional maps corresponding to interface thermal resistance were obtained from structure function plots. We found that for well-bonded substrates, the average specific thermal resistance contributed by the sintered silver interface was between 5.20 mm2K/W and 5.78 mm2K/W with a variation of 4.7% to 6.0%.
关键词： silver sintering,Substrate-attach,two-dimensional map of interface thermal resistance,transient thermal characterization
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52