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Interface studies on crystallized alumina-silica fibre-reinforced Al-Si alloy composites
On applying heat treatments to the amorphous alumina-silica fibre (55% Al2O3, 45% SiO2), the mullite crystal is separated out, and the crystallinity depends on the heat treatment parameters. The crystallized alum...
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Antiferroelectric Thin Films for Decoupling Capacitor and Microactuator Applications
Lanthanum-doped or niobium-doped lead zirconate titanate stannate antiferroelectric thin films with the thickness of about 0.4 μm have been prepared from acetic acid-based or 2-methoxyethanol-based sol-gel met...
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Effect of compositional variations on electrical properties in phase switching (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti,Sn)O3 thin and thick films
The composition-dependent electrical properties in (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti,Sn)O3 antiferroelectric-ferroelectric phase switching thin and thick films have been systematically studied and compared with bulk ceramics. The fi...
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Properties of Au/Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3/ Bi4Ti3O12/p-Si Ferroelectric Memory Diodes
A ferroelectric memory diodes that consists of Au/Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3/Bi4Ti3O12/p-Si multilayer configuration was fabricated by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. The ferroelectric properties and the electri...
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Hydrothermally Deposited PZT Thin Films With Vertically Oriented Columnar Growth
A novel growth mode for hydrothermal films of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) has been discovered. Previously reported hydrothermal PZT films have had a loosely-packed cubic morphology, and indeed that is the mo...
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Synthesis of cobalt-aluminum spinels via EDTA chelating precursors
In this work, synthesis of nanocrystalline Co||Co||| x Al2−x O4 (where x = 0, 0.5, 0.8, 1, 1.18 and 2) spinels by the thermal decomposition of complex precursors derived from me...
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Fabrication of two-dimensional photonic structure of titanium dioxide with sub-micrometer resolution by deep x-ray lithography
Two dimensional photonic crystals of titanium dioxide is expected to have many advantage compared with photonic crystals of semiconductors, e.g., silicon and GaAs. For example, low optical loss in the near inf...
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Epitaxial growth of ZnO films on (100) and (001) γ-LiAlO2 substrates by pulsed laser deposition
Structural and optical properties were investigated for ZnO films grown on (100) and (001) γ-LiAlO2 (LAO) substrates by pulsed laser deposition method. According XRD results, it is intuitionistic that (100) LAO i...
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Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Scaffolds Promote Stem Cell Differentiation into Bone Forming Cells
The use of carbon nanotubes for tissue engineering has become one of the most fascinating applications. The exquisite electronic and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes may provide a three-dimensional (3...
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Reversible Multi-level Resistance Switching of Ag-La0.7Ca0.3MnO3-Pt Heterostructures
Resistance random access memory (RRAM) has attracted intense attention in recent years for the potential application as nonvolatile memory. One of the tempting properties of RRAM is the multi-level memory, in ...
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Research Progress in the Resistance Switching of Transition Metal Oxides for RRAM Application: Switching Mechanism and Properties Optimization
Electric-induced resistance switching (EIRS) effect based on transition metal (TM) oxides, such as perovskite manganites (Pr1-xCaxMnO3, La1-xCaxMnO3) and binary oxides (NiO, TiO2 and CoO) etc, has attracted great...
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Investigation of Resistance Switching Properties in Undoped and Indium Doped SrTiO3 Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition
In this paper, the undoped SrTiO3 (STO) and Indium doped STO (SrTi1-xInxO3: STIO) thin films were grown on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition with low substrate temperature. For undoped STO film,...
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Retaining Ring Design Impact on CMP Process Stability and Optimization
The focus of this work is wafer retaining rings and their impact on chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process stability, yield, and overall cost of ownership (CoO). The study looks at various CMP retaini...
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Characterization of Thermally Evaporated Ag-Ge-S Thin Films
Thin films of ternary (GeS3)1-xAgx glasses (x=0.1 and 0.2) are studied in this work. Thin films are fabricated in a vacuum thermal evaporator at 3 different evaporation angles (0°, 30° and 45°). All thin film sam...
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Open AccessAnalysis of the fractal dimension of grain boundaries of AA7050 aluminum alloys and its relationship to fracture toughness
Quantitative analysis of the grain boundaries in partially recrystallized microstructures of heat-treated 7050 aluminum alloys has been performed. Fractal dimensions of the extracted grain boundaries were calc...
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Nanometer Resolution XANES Imaging of Individual PC-RAM Devices
We introduce a technique to permit x-ray absorption spectroscopy studies focusing on individual phase-change (Ge2Sb2Te5) memory cells in fully integrated PC-RAM structures. Devices were investigated employing an ...
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Relating the fatigue lifetime of hot rolled AA7xxx alloys to the pore size distribution as determined by 3D X-ray tomography
A set of hot rolled 7xxx aluminum alloys with modification of processing conditions were analyzed on their fatigue life time as well as the internal microstructure using 3D computed X-ray tomography with a lab...
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Luminescence enhancement of Tb3+ in Sr3SiO5:Eu2+ phosphor
Sr3SiO5 phosphors co-doped with Eu2+ and Tb3+ were prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method. The prepared Sr3SiO5:Eu2+,Tb3+,Li+ phosphors had characteristic luminescent spectra excited under near-UV...
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Nanometer Resolution XANES Imaging ofin situ switched individual PC-RAM devices
We report on the study of single devices of phase-change (Ge2Sb2Te5) memory cells in line cell type devices. Devices were investigated employing an x-ray nanobeam of only about 150 nm diameter, which could be ful...
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One-pot synthesis of hollow mesoporous carbon materials and their drug release properties
In this study, a simple route for the synthesis of hollow mesoporous carbon materials (HMCMs) with adjustable shell thicknesses via a one-pot strategy for direct carbonization and etching was developed. HMCMs ...