Self-organized Oligosilane Thin Films Realizing Excellent Carrier Transport Properties

Self-organized nanocolumnar structure in superhard TiB2 thin films

TiB2 thin films are well known for their high hardness which makes them useful for wear-resistant applications. Overstoichiometric TiB2 deposited at 300 °C by nonreactive sputtering has been shown to exhibit superhardness sHù40 GPad, while the hardness of their bulk stoichiometric counterparts is ,25 GPa. We show, using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, that overstoichiometric T...

Electrochromic properties of self-organized multifunctional V2O5–polymer hybrid films

Bio-inspired V2O5–polymer hybrid films were prepared following a one-step self-organization procedure based on liquid crystal formation of organic and inorganic components. These materials were previously reported to exhibit advantageous mechanical properties, comparable to biomaterials, such as human bone and dentin. Here, we show that these hybrid films prepared via a fast and simple synthesi...

Charge-carrier transport properties of ultrathin Pb films

The charge-carrier transport properties of ultrathin metallic films are analysed with ab-initio methods using the density functional theory (DFT) on free-standing single crystalline slabs in the thickness range between 1 and 8 monolayers and compared with experiments for Pb films on Si(111). A strong interplay between bandstructure, quantised in the direction normal to the ultrathin film, charg...

Growth, transport, and magnetic properties of Pr0.67Ca0.33MnO3 thin films

Structural, magnetic, and electron transport properties of MnBi:Fe thin films

Structural, magnetic, and electron transport properties of MnBi:Fe thin films" (2012). David Sellmyer Publications. 239.