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Microstructures and interdiffusions of Pt/Ti electrodes with respect to annealing in the oxygen ambient
The microstructural variation and the interdiffusion of Pt (80 nm)/Ti (70 nm)/SiO2/Si during annealing in O2 were investigated using Auger electron spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscop...
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Epitaxial Growth and Physical Properties of La1-xCaxMnO3-δ Thin Films on MgO(001) Substrates
Perovskite La1-xCaxMnO3-δ (LCMO) thin films with a wide range of x, i.e., 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.6, were deposited on MgO(001) substrates using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. Epitaxial La0.7Ca0.3MnO3-δ/MgO thin ...
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Microstructures and electrical resistivities of the RuO2 electrode on SiO2/Si annealed in the oxygen ambient
The electrical resistivity property of RuO2 thin films grown on the SiO2/Si substrate by reactive dc sputtering was examined in terms of microstructure using x-ray diffraction and cross-sectional transmission ele...
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Microstructural Characterization of Pt/Ti and RuO2 Electrodes on SiO2/Si Annealed in the Oxygen Ambient
Microstructures and interdiffusions of Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si and RuO2/SiO2/Si during annealing in O2 were investigated using x-ray diffraction, Auger electron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission ...
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Rocking-Angle Ion-Milling of Cross-Sectional Samples for Transmission Electron Microscopy of Multi-Layer Systems
The cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) specimens of Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si, RuO2/SiO2/Si, W/TiN/SiO2/Si, (Pb,La)TiO3/Pt/MgO, Bi4Ti3O12/Lal-xCaxMnO3/MgO, and GaN/Al2O3 were successfully made by the rock...
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Epitaxial Sr-Bi-Ta Oxide Films of Cubic Fluorite-Like Structure
Epitaxial Sr-Bi-Ta oxide films of a cubic fluorite-like structure were grown by pulsed laser deposition. As the laser fluence increased, the lattice constant decreased. It was revealed that the Ta ion concentr...
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Characterization of Active-Site Residues of the NIa Protease from Tobacco Vein Mottling Virus
Nuclear inclusion a (NIa) protease of tobacco vein mottling virus is responsible for the processing of the viral polyprotein into functional proteins. In order to identify the active-site residues of the TVMV ...
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When sugars guide axons: insights from heparan sulphate proteoglycan mutants
Growing axons find their targets in the develo** brain by sensing and integrating a large number of extracellular cues. Although several main families of lig...
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LRCA: Enhanced Energy-Aware Routing Protocol in MANETs
Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) is power constrained since mobile nodes operate with limited battery energy. So battery life is also important research issue in the routing protocol design. During packet trans...
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The effect of active-layer thickness on the characteristic of nanocrystalline silicon thin film transistor
We fabricated nc-Si TFTs in order to investigate the effect of the active-layer thickness on the characteristic of the nc-Si TFT. Bottom gate nc-Si TFTs were fabricated at 350°C using ICP-CVD. The thicknesses ...
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A sub-micron metallic electrothermal gripper
We report the design, fabrication, and characterization of a multiple bent beam, sub-micron metallic electrothermal gripper. A bottom electroplating mold for electrodes was patterned using electron beam lithog...
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Effects of welding heat and travel speed on the impact property and microstructure of FC welds
This paper is concerned with the effects of welding heat (current x voltage = W) and travel speed (v) on the impact property and microstructure of FC (flux cored) welds. Two sets of plate were welded under dif...
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Microstructural Evolution of Nickel Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon
The Ni silicide-mediated phase transformation of amorphous to crystalline silicon (c-Si) was studied using transmission electron microscopy. Amorphous silicon (a-Si) films coated with very thin Ni layer (∼10-1Å) ...
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Neuron-specific expression of Scratch genes during early zebrafish development
Scratch (scrt) genes are neural-specific in mammals, but their homologues have not been well studied in non-mammalian vertebrates. In this report, we isolated three zebrafish scrt genes,
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Open AccessPhase separation of phospholipid multilayers incorporated with cell penetrating peptides
We used X-ray reflectivity to investigate the structures of phospholipid multilayers with transcription-activating-factor-derived peptide (TDP) as a function of the membrane charge density. Mixed phospholipid ...
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Investigation of Amorphous IGZO TFT Employing Ti/Cu Source/Drain and SiNx Passivation
We successfully fabricated a-IGZO TFTs employing a Ti/Cu source/drain (S/D) and SiNx passivation in order to reduce the line-resistance, as compared to most oxide TFTs that use Mo (or TCO) and SiO2 for their S/D ...
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Establishment of quality criteria and estimate of shelf-life for yogurt beverage and stirred-type yogurt in Korea
This study was conducted to estimate the shelf-life of yogurt beverage and stirred-type yogurt. Samples of yogurt beverage and stirred-type yogurt were stored at 10, 15, and 25°C during 25-day storage, and qua...
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Simultaneous Formation of Ohmic Contacts on p +- and n +-4H-SiC Using a Ti/Ni Bilayer
In this work, Ti/Ni bilayer contacts were fabricated on both p +- and n +-4H-SiC formed by ion implantation, and the effects of the Ti interlayer on the contact resistance and inte...
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Nanowire BioFETs: An Overview
In this chapter, the biosensing as a key element of nanotechnology and commanding a wide range of applications is discussed, e.g., fast and efficient clinical diagnostics, health care, security, environmental ...
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Nanowire Field Effect Transistors in Optoelectronics
The nanowire FETs are discussed in this chapter as key components for optoelectronic circuits. The features of photonic devices are elaborated such as light absorption, generation of e–h pairs and the carrier ...
