Effects of Polyimide Passivation Layers and polyvinylalcohol Passivation Layers for Organic Thin-Film Transistors(OTFTs)

Solution-processed amorphous silicon surface passivation layers

Amorphous silicon thin films, fabricated by thermal conversion of neopentasilane, were used to passivate crystalline silicon surfaces. The conversion is investigated using X-ray and constant-final-state-yield photoelectron spectroscopy, and minority charge carrier lifetime spectroscopy. Liquid processed amorphous silicon exhibits high Urbach energies from 90 to 120 meV and 200 meV lower optical...

Effects of nanometer-thick passivation layers on the mechanical response of thin gold films.

The mechanical behavior of freestanding gold membranes 0.5 micron thick with and without passivation layers was studied with a membrane deflection experiment. Membrane width was varied from 2.5 to 20 microns to investigate size effects. The presence of the passivation layer had the effect of reducing the membrane strength. Yield stress, as well as fracture strain and stress, were all found to b...

Characterization of Dielectric Layers for Passivation of 4H-SiC Devices

Origin and consequences of silicate glass passivation by surface layers

Silicate glasses are durable materials, but are they sufficiently durable to confine highly radioactive wastes for hundreds of thousands years? Addressing this question requires a thorough understanding of the mechanisms underpinning aqueous corrosion of these materials. Here we show that in silica-saturated solution, a model glass of nuclear interest corrodes but at a rate that dramatically dr...

Use of Ultra Thin Semiconductive Layers as Passivation in Microstrip Gas Chambers

We have investigated the properties of thin copper and germanium layers in view of their use in microstrip gas chambers. It was found that ultra thin germanium layers with thicknesses of about 100 A provide surface resistivities in the order of 10 11 {10 14 /2. Such layers evaporated onto the micro structure of microstrip gas chambers manufactured on plastic or glass supports lead to a gain sta...