... structure of the films 48 Chapter Kineticsof electro- opticaltransformationprocessesofnanostructured WO3- basedthinfilm 55 4.1 Ion intercalation/extraction studied by electrochemical ... 4.2 Electro- optical properties of WO3- based electrochromic device studied in-situ by Optics Multi-canal Analyzer 63 Chapter Study on photoluminescent transformationprocessesofnanostructured ... durability of the films were still limited for practical use The aim of this work is to improve electrochromic properties ofWO3thin films deposited by electrochemical method The morphology, electrochemical...
... after 50 h of milling Fig 5.3 (a) SEM micrograph of cross-section of Ti-58Al powder mixture after h of milling Fig 5.3 (b) SEM micrograph of cross-section of Ti-58Al powder mixture after h of milling, ... sputtered Ti/Al films during heat-treatment The kineticsof the formation of new phase was depended on the thickness of Ti/Al layer thickness during milling Thermal stability of the mechanically ... after hour of milling Fig 4.3 (d) SEM micrograph of Ti-75Al powder after 10 hour of milling Fig 4.3 (e) SEM micrograph of Ti-75Al powder after 15 hour of milling Fig 4.3 (f) SEM micrograph of Ti-75Al...
... thesis 2.1 THINFILM TECHNOLOGY 2.1 ThinFilm Technology The term thinfilm is used when the thickness of a film is smaller than micron Thinfilm technology is simultaneously one of the oldest ... oldest arts and one of the newest sciences [1] Although involvement with thin films dates to the metal ages of antiquity, the development ofthinfilm technology is far from end Thin films are deposited ... bombardment, the film experienced optical annealing and film transmittance increased At a laser intensity of 133 GW/cm2 , a transmittance change of 25% was achieved Such optical response of the film may...
... films (a) Discharge capacities and cyclic performances of pristine and fluoridecoated LiCoO2 thin films, (b) discharge profile of the pristine film, (c) discharge profile of the AlF3-coated film, ... AlF3-coated film, and (c) LaF3-coated film The bottom of the figure shows EDS peaks of the surface of the coated samples Figure Discharge capacities, cyclic performances, and discharge profiles of the thin ... oxide [LiCoO2] thinfilm was characterized The surface of a LiCoO2 thinfilm cathode is much wider and smoother than that of a bulk-type electrode, which may enable careful observation of the interface...
... diffusion of Pb from the PZT film into the Pt bottom electrode [9] and the diffusion of Pb, Ti, Zr, Bi, and Fe at the interfaces of the PZT film and BFO film increase with an increase in the number of ... PZT/BFO/PZT/BFO/PZT/BFO films Figure Dielectric constant and dielectric loss of PZT/BFO multilayer thin films (a) Dielectric constant and (b) dielectric loss of PZT/BFO multilayer thin films as a function of applied ... patterns of PZT(52/48) thin films show a single peak for each diffraction angle In addition, XRD patterns of BFO thin films show a single peak at 2θ = 22.5° and 46° However, all PZT/BFO multilayer thin...
... sin 0.2925 The nc nature of the thin films influences both optical and electrical performance Figure shows optical transmittance as a function of wavelength for thick GZO films (approx 700 nm) prepared ... oxide films for flexible polymer -based displays Thin Solid Films 2004, 460:156 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-309 Cite this article as: Samantilleke et al.: Cohesive strength of nanocrystalline ZnO:Ga thin ... guas H, Pereira L, Ferreira I, Martins R: Growth of ZnO:Ga thin films at room temperature on polymeric substrates: thickness dependence Thin Solid Films 2003, 442:121 Samantilleke et al Nanoscale...
... because of the exciton Bohr radius of 46 nm in PbSe [13] Figure depicts optical absorption spectra for the PbSe-ZnSe composite thin films For comparison, the spectrum of a pure ZnSe thinfilm is ... http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/324 Page of Figure Direct observation of PbSe-ZnSe composite thinfilm containing mol% PbSe (a) Bright-field TEM image (b) Bright-field image of STEM mode (c) Elemental mapping of Zn (red), ... Photosensitization of nanoporus TiO2 electrodes with InP quantum dots Langmuir 1998, 14:3153-3156 Liu D, Kamat PV: Photoelectrochemical behavior ofthin CdSe and coupled TiO2/CdSe semiconductor films J...
... particular reference to the effects of substrates on mechanical properties ofthin films/substrates systems Experimental Details The Growth Conditions of ZnO Thin Films ZnO thin films were grown on (0001) ... properties of ZnO thin films are reasonably explained by the various growth environments ofthin films, the indentation instruments and operational conditions Fig 2(b) displays the hardness of ZnO thin ... addition, the Ra and RMS of ZnO thin films were summarized in Table Nanoindentation Analysis The typical indentation load-displacement curves of all ZnO thin films are shown in Fig 2(a) Of note, there is...
... substrate of micrograph shown in Fig 1(b) The strong peak of Si at 1.8 eV is that of the signal coming from the substrate because the film thickness was lower Fig EDS spectrum of ZnO thin film grown ... Fig EDS spectrum of ZnO thin film grown on quartz substrate by sol–gel spin process using zinc nitrate as the precursor material than the penetration depth of the incident electron of 15 keV The ... of morphological features of the ZnO thin film grown on Si substrate by sol–gel spin process using zinc acetate as the precursor material 473 Fig Bright field TEM micrograph of the nanograins of...
... orientation of the thinfilm In order to generate the new piezoelectric thin film, a crystal growth process of the thinfilm should be predicted accurately The stable crystal cluster of the thin film, ... 2004) Thus, the study of deposition and growth of AlN films with the addition of oxygen is a relevant subject of scientific and technological current interest Thin films of AlN (pure and oxidized) ... The addition of oxygen into a growing AlN thinfilm induces the production of ionic metal-oxygen bonds inside a matrix 288 Modern Aspects of Bulk Crystal and ThinFilm Preparation of covalent...
... chapters on growth ofthin films and low-dimensional structures, covering topics on AlN thin films, influence of the substrate temperature on the properties of semiconducting films, ZnO mesostructures ... formation of an elementary crystal layer of thickness dδc per unit area, the amount of heat released is 18 Modern Aspects of Bulk Crystal and ThinFilm Preparation λρdδc (λ denotes the latent heat of ... power of 2.73 W with a slope efficiency of 70% Preliminary tests regarding the laser operation of the thin- disk Yb:SSO laser were presented with 9.4 W of output power with an optical efficiency of...
... thickness of the CHLO thinfilm affects the performance of the ITO/PT/CHLO thin film; which the ability of the thinfilm to conduct electricity could be better with the combination of thinner CHLO thin ... is CHLO thinfilm which had been deposited on the PT thinfilm layer using spin coating method 2.4 Electrodeposition of PT by Electrochemistry Method PT thinfilm was be deposited by electrochemistry ... the bi-layer solid of PT and CHLO on ITO (ITO/PT/CHLO) substrate thinfilm to the electrical conductivity of the thinfilm METHODOLOGY Figure shows the layer ofthinfilm sample of ITO/PT/CHLO that...
... reliability ofthinfilm electrode, based on the theoretical analysis of interfacial mechanics Using this method, the degradation of interfacial reliability and aging phenomenon ofthinfilm electrodes ... cells, the main difference of flat thinfilm batteries is the thinfilm electrode/electrolyte with small dimensions Typically, the solid state electrolyte has a thickness of approximately μm, while ... Plastic depth into the thinfilm line for Microwedge Indentation Test Ef Elastic modulus of the thinfilm or Fermi energy level Ef’ Effective elastic modulus of the thinfilm Ev Vacuum level G...
... for agglomeration of Si thinfilm Estrain Strain energy change for agglomeration of Si thinfilm Hvap Enthalpy of Si evaporation η Normalized film profile θ Contact angle of a droplet with ... process of a thinfilm 1.2 Dewetting ofThinFilm Dewetting is a dynamic process which occurs when thinfilm in a non- equilibrium state evolves into equilibrium state of one droplet or a set of droplets ... thickening, (c) Deepening of the valley ahead of the rim, (d) pinch-off.31 The kineticsof the thinfilm surface evolution is described in term of the normal velocity of the surface Vn as,39 ...
... properties ofthin films, which are not the part of this thesis as the work is not directly related: i A Kumar and K Y Zeng, Measurement of hardness of ultra -thin films by the first derivation of load-displacement ... method to calculate the hardness ofthin films from nanoindentation data”, 4th International conference on Technological Advances ofThin Films & Surface Coatings (ThinFilms2008), Singapore, July ... materials 147 10.3.3 Mechanical properties of multiferroic thin films 147 149 Appendix A: Effect of magnetic field on BFO thin films 150 B: Effect of dc bias on KPFM measurement 151 ix Summary...
... scans of the thin films The films were first mounted onto a glass slide The xray was produced by impinging a copper target with an electron beam of 30 kV with a current of 20 mA An incident slit of ... the microstructure of the PZT thin films and the correlation between the structure and performance properties of the PZT films The early growth stage of the PZT film on SrTiO3 (STO) substrate ... method 61 Figure 4.2 Surface SEM images of the PZT thin films deposited by (a) PLD method and (b) sol-gel method; Cross-sectional SEM images of the PZT thin films grown by (c) PLD and (d) sol-gel...
... cm (b) Optical image of an evaporated nm-thick MoO x film (c) Optical image of the MoS film from sulfurization (800 °C, 30 mins) of a nm-thick MoOx film (d) Optical image of the MoS2 film from ... profile showing the thickness of the MoO x film (c) AFM image of the MoS2 film from sulfurization of the nm-thick MoOx film (d) A selected cross-sectional height profile showing the thickness of ... MoOx film with a thickness of nm and the roughness of the film is ~ 0.3 nm (b) A selected cross-sectional height profile showing the thickness of the MoOx film (c) AFM image of the MoS film from...
... characterization of BD (low-k) thin films and Cu/BD multilayered stacks ii Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii SUMMARY vii LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF TABLES ... profiles as a function of normal load for all BD films tested with ramp loading of 50 mN Arrows indicate critical load (Lc) 65 Fig 7: Optical micrographs of scratch tracks made on BD films of ... (low-k) thin films and Cu/BD multilayered stacks 90 v Table of Contents CHAPTER DISCUSSION 5.1 Thickness dependence of nanomechanical properties of BD (Black diamond TM, low-k) thin films 5.1.1...
... under the effect of pressure 3.2.1 Equation of state of metallic thinfilm Equation of state plays an important role determining the properties ofthinfilm under the effect of pressure Since ... modulus ofthin films have the same laws and posture change of bulk materials When the thickness ofthin films increases from 20 nm to 70 nm, thermodynamic properties of metallic thinfilm return ... expansion coefficient ofthin films approaches the value of the bulk At room temperature, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the Al and Pb thin films increase with the increasing of thickness These...
... dependence of the logarithm of diffusion constant (ln D) in the system, the straight lines serve as guide for eyes; (d) temperature dependence of surface energy of Ni thin film All figures ofthin films ... constant of atoms in the system with free surfaces is higher than that of the bulk (Fig 1c) On the other hand, surface energy of Ni thin films has been calculated via following equation: thinfilm ... structure of the system can give deeper understanding of a glass formation in the thin films The evolution of various quantities related to the structure of liquid and amorphous Ni thin films can...