Intraband-gap states in conjugated polymers have captivated the chemistry community for the better part of five decades due to their position within the forbidden band gap, between the valence and conduction bands. In a large part, this fascination was (and still is) aided by the quest to find alternative materials that are easily processable compared to their solid-state semiconductor counterp...

We study the focusing properties of a two dimensional complex square-lattice photonic crystal (PC) comprising air holes immersed in Ge medium. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is utilized to calculate the dispersion band diagram and to simulate the image formation incorporating the perfectly matched layer (PML) boundary condition. In contrast to the common square PCs with the sam...

High-pressure optical-absorption measurements performed on polycrystalline $\mathrm{Co}{(\mathrm{I}{\mathrm{O}}_{3})}_{2}$ samples were used to characterize the influence of pressure electronic $d--d$ transitions associated with ${\mathrm{Co}}^{2+}$ and fundamental band gap $\mathrm{Co}{(\mathrm{I}{\mathrm{O}}_{3})}_{2}$. The results shed light electron-lattice coupling show that exhibits an un...

ZnO and ZnO: Mn nanocrystals synthesized via reverse micelle method. The structural properties nanocrystals were investigated by XRD and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The XRD results indicate that the synthesized nanocrystals had a pure wurtzite (hexagonal phase) structure. The various optical properties of these nanocrystals such as optical band gap energy, refractive index, dielectr...

The electromagnetic band gap structures are widely used to suppress pronounced surface waves in antennas with thicker substrate and higher dielectric constant. This paper reviews various application of Electromagnetic band gap structure in microstrip antenna, a band gap characterization of an electromagnetic bandgap structure along with the explanation of various reported configurations of comp...

The electromagnetic band gap structures are widely used to suppress pronounced surface waves in antennas with thicker substrate and higher dielectric constant. This paper reviews various application of Electromagnetic band gap structure in microstrip antenna, a band gap characterization of an electromagnetic bandgap structure along with the explanation of various reported configurations of comp...

The band gap of semiconductors like silicon and silicon carbide (SiC) is the key for their device properties. In this research, the band gap of 6H-SiC and its temperature dependence were analyzed with silicon 2p x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) allowing for a separate analysis of the conduction-band minimum (CB...

In the present paper, the band gap characteristics of oxygen functionalized-monolayer scandium carbide (monolayer Sc2CO2) under a perpendicular external electric field (E-field) were studied using DFT calculations for the potential application of MXene in optoelectronic and optical nanodevices. In contrast to general pristine single-layer materials under an external E-field, monolayer Sc2CO2 un...