The doping of mesoporous ceria with copper significantly enhances activity for naphthalene total oxidation, the enhanced performance is controlled by the increased concentration of surface oxygen defects.

Oxidative polycondensation of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and (-)-myrtenal was carried out with POCl₃. A p-conjugated system thus constructed consists of aromatic and quinoidal alternating structure linked via methine groups. We examined iodine doping effect for the resultant material with electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Circular dichroism spectra in chloroform solution showed blue-shift w...

The lightly doped La2CuO4 of the high temperature superconducting Cu oxides shows spin glass behavior at very low temperatures, which reflects the effects of quantum fluctuations and frustration upon doping. Recent neutron scattering experiments revealed a formation of spin stripes at the same low concentration of doping. A specific relation between the two important properties of spin glass be...

The magnetic phase diagram of the Fe doped hexagonal ABX3 compound CsNi0.9Fe0.1Cl3 is investigated by heat capacity and magnetocaloric experiments. In spite of the high doping concentration, some phase boundaries appear surprisingly well-defined, while others are broadened significantly. The discussion of this behaviour clarifies the potentials and limitations of doping as a means to manipulate...

We show that a topological gauge structure in an effective description of the t-J model gives rise to a global phase diagram of antiferromagnetic (AF) and superconducting (SC) phases in a weakly doped regime. Dual confinement and deconfinement of holons and spinons play essential roles here, with a quantum critical point at a doping concentration xc ≃ 0.043. The complex experimental phase diagr...

The study was done on how adsorption of carbon monoxide gas on the catalytic surface is affected by doping with boron and phosphorus in metallic nickel powder. The effect of doping was investigated using FTIR spectroscopy and compared to the spectra obtained from adsorption of carbon monoxide on pure nickel catalyst surface. An understanding of the results obtained from the nickel sample was al...

High crystalline quality ZnBeSe epilayers were grown nearly lattice matched to GaAs ~001! substrates by molecular beam epitaxy with a Be–Zn co-irradiation. A ~132! reflection high energy electron diffraction pattern was observed after the Be–Zn co-irradiation of the GaAs ~234! surface. A high p-type doping level of 1.5310 cm was achieved for ~N1Te! triple-delta doping ~d doping! of ZnBeSe epila...

Transparent conductive films (TCFs) are critical components of a myriad of technologies including flat panel displays, light-emitting diodes, and solar cells. Graphene-based TCFs have attracted a lot of attention because of their high electrical conductivity, transparency, and low cost. Carrier doping of graphene would potentially improve the properties of graphene-based TCFs for practical indu...

Hydrogenated amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon, deposited by catalytic chemical vapour deposition, have been doped during deposition by the addition of diborane and phosphine in the feed gas, with concentrations in the range of 1%. The crystalline fraction, dopant concentration and electrical properties of the films are studied. The nanocrystalline films exhibited a high doping efficiency, ...