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Penetration depth in dirty superconducting NbTiN thin films grown at room temperature
We present a study on the superconducting properties of 500 nm thick NbTiN films grown by reactive co-sputtering on silicon substrates at room temperature. The samples exhibit a chemical composition with Nb (50 a...
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Quantitative detection of lateral subsurface cracks based on laser-generated Rayleigh waves in the frequency domain
In this paper, the depth and length of lateral subsurface cracks were gauged using laser-generated Rayleigh waves in the frequency domain. First, the frequency domain characteristics of reflected and transmitt...
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Viscoelasticity of a carbon nanotube-laden air–water interface
The viscoelasticity of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-laden air–water interface was characterized using two different experimental methods. The first experimental method used a Langmuir-Pockels (LP) trough coupled wi...
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Comparisons of phenomenological and physically based constitutive models for Ti–6Al–2Zr–2Sn–3Mo–1.5Cr–2Nb alloy
Phenomenological and physically based constitutive models to predict the hot deformation behavior in Ti–6Al–2Zr–2Sn–3Mo–1.5Cr–2Nb alloy are established and compared. The true stress–true strain data obtained f...
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Exploring Zn–Sn–O (ZTO) composition spreads with combinatorial sputtering
Transparent conducting oxide (TCO) thin film is extensively used as electrode in solar cell and display, owing to its high transparency and excellent conductivity. Multicomponent oxides such as Zn–Sn–O (ZTO) h...
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Photoluminescence properties of cerium-doped zinc oxide nanotubes prepared using electrodeposition technique
Well-ordered ZnO and Ce-doped ZnO (Ce-ZnO) nanotubes arrays with external diameter of 60 nm are obtained by oxidizing the Zn and Ce-Zn nanotube arrays electrodeposited into self-made anodic aluminum oxide temp...
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Functional morphology of the honeybee stinger and its biomechanical significance
The honeybee stinger, as an important organ for self-defense and reproduction, have evolved specific macroscopic morphologies and microscopic structures. Here, we investigated the surface and cross-sectional s...
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The relationship between annealing and nitrogen flow ratios during magnetron sputtering of AlN films
In this paper, we focus on the morphology, internal stress and defect changes of aluminum nitride (AlN) films at the different nitrogen (N2) flow ratio during high-temperature annealing, and makes a theoretical e...
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Study on the sinusoidal honeycomb core metamaterial sandwich panel with high-performance and low-velocity impact resistance
In this paper, a sinusoidal honeycomb sandwich panel structure with negative Poisson’s ratio is studied. The impact dynamic response of sandwich panel with two kinds of in-plane and out-of-plane with sinusoida...
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Micro-nanoarchitectonics of electroless Cu-Fe3O4@graphene/Ni composite materials based on wood
The modified Fe3O4@Graphene (mG1F1) composites with different contents was added as a variable, and analyze the influence of mG1F1 content on the electromagnetic shielding efficiency of composite coatings to prep...
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Surface micro/nanostructure on the TZ30 alloy regulated by the electrochemical etching method
The Ti-30Zr-5Al-3V (TZ30) alloy, having a low elastic modulus close to biological bones, promises great application potential for implant biomaterials. Surface performance of an implant plays a key role in tis...
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Preparation, parameter optimization of anodized ZnO films and their photocatalytic performance in organic dye degradation in wastewater
Photocatalytic ZnO films were prepared by facile anodization followed by annealing. The influence of some processing parameters, including applied potential, anodization time, electrolyte concentration, and an...
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Open AccessOrganic crystal-based THz source for complex refractive index measurements of window materials using single-shot THz spectroscopy
We employed N-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) crystals bonded on substrates of different thermal conductivity to generate THz radiation by pum** with 800 nm laser pulses. Crystals bonded on sapphire sub...
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Comparative study of MoS2/MoO3, g-C3N4/MoO3 heterojunction films and their improved photocatalytic activity
We use the electrochemical deposition method to couple anodized MoO3 films with MoS2 and g-C3N4 (graphitic carbon nitride). The XRD, SEM, and XPS results show that MoS2/MoO3 and g-C3N4/MoO3 heterojunctions form. ...
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AlGaN-based ternary nitride memristors
Resistive switching memory or memristors have been extensively studied worldwide, driven by perspective applications in nonvolatile memory, processing-in-memory, and neuromorphic computing hardware. Binary oxi...
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Study of the broadband optical absorption based on silicon thin film in a multilayer structure
Based on the finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method, this paper has studied the absorption characteristics of the all-dielectric absorbers composed of silicon thin film with a multilayer dielectric stack....
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Thermal transport properties of semimetal scandium antimonide: a first-principles study
A thorough study on the thermal transport properties of the semimetal ScSb is carried out by combining first-principles calculations with Boltzmann transport theory. The dynamic stability of ScSb is verified b...
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Synthesis and luminescence properties of novel SrScLiTeO6:Ln (Ln = Eu3+, Sm3+) phosphors for white LED applications
Novel Eu3+ or Sm3+ ions doped SrScLiTeO6 phosphors were successfully prepared by a solid-state reaction, and the phase formation, crystal structure and luminescence properties of the samples were studied in detai...
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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of titania coatings fabricated at relatively low oxidation temperature with sulfate-acid-bath pretreatment
With the purpose of enhancing the photocatalytic activity of titania (TiO2) coatings with low cost, a method of sulfuric-acid-bath pretreatment followed by simple oxidation in air has been proposed to fabricate T...
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Comparison of electrical and interfacial characteristics between atomic-layer-deposited AlN and AlGaN on a GaN substrate
The electrical and interfacial characteristics of AlN/GaN and AlGaN/GaN heterostructures prepared by thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) were investigated in this work. According to the parallel conductance ...