Based on precursor powders with a size of 200-300 nm prepared by the low-temperature solid reaction method, phase-pure YFeO₃ ceramics are fabricated using spark plasma sintering (SPS) at different temperatures. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveal that the high-purity YFeO₃ ceramics can be prepared using SPS, while the results from X-ray photoelectron spectrosco...

Background: Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD), a source of non-thermal plasma, is used in surface decontamination. Objective: To study the effect of DBD plasma treatment, we evaluated the effect of plasma exposure time on inactivation of Bacillus subtilis. Results: Applying the DBD plasma to the culture of B. subtilis caused complete sterilization of the surface without any thermal effects. In...

Temperature sensitivity of Si based rings can be nullified by the use of polymer over-cladding. Integration of athermal passive rings in an electronic-photonic architecture requires the possibility of multi-layer depositions with patterned structures. This requires establishing UV, thermal and plasma stability of the polymer during multi-layer stacking. UV stability is enhanced by UV curing to ...

We investigated the dielectric response of CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO) thin films grown epitaxially on LaAlO3 (001) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The dielectric response of the films was found to be strongly dominated by a power law in frequency, typical of materials with localized hopping charge carriers, in contrast to the Debye-like response of the bulk material. The film conductivity decrea...

We report room-temperature lasing from an optically pumped subwavelength-scale cylindrical InGaAsP pillar surrounded by circular Bragg reflectors on a metal substrate with a dielectric spacer layer. By taking advantage of wide in-plane photonic bandgaps and proper vertical antiresonances, three dielectric Bragg pairs produce a sufficient optical feedback capable of low threshold lasing from the...

Transformer insulating oil nanofluid is made to improve dielectric and thermal properties of the oil by employing nanoparticles with proper properties. In the current work, nanofluids based on transformer mineral oil were prepared by three procedures using diamond nanoparticles with high thermal conductivity, as well as high dielectric properties. It was tried to consider the impacts of surfact...

Double doped (Nd + K) ferroelectric lead germanate single crystals were grown by controlled cooling of melt. Greenish tinge crystals of 5 x 4 x 3 mm were found embedded in the solid. Pure lead germanate was grown by cz technique for comparative analysis. Dielectric constant and loss tangent of pure crystals showed a sharp dielectric peak at 179°C while dielectric constant of doped crystals show...

Recently, there has been significant interest toward the development of tunable dielectric materials for voltage-controlled, frequency-agile phase shifters and filters operating in the microwave regime. The fundamental challenge in designing materials systems for such tunable devices is the simultaneous requirement of high dielectric tunability ([40%) over a large temperature interval (-10 C to...

The low dielectric constants of conventional organic semiconductors leads to poor charge carrier photogeneration in homojunction organic solar cells due to large exciton binding energies. Increasing the dielectric constant can potentially enhance the spontaneous exciton dissociation rate at room temperature in homojunction cells, and decrease the charge carrier recombination in heterojunction s...