Nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) offer compact, low-cost, all solid-state high-power microwave (HPM) generation. This article experimentally investigates the RF output power for composite-based 10, 25, and 50 Ω NLTLs used as a combined pulse forming line HPM source. We manufactured coaxial containing 10% barium strontium titanate 15% nickel zinc ferrite encased in polydimethylsiloxane. The ...

Ferroelectric thin films are currently being used to develop tunable microwave circuits based on the electric-field dependence of the dielectric constant. (Ba0.5Sr0.5)TiO3 ~BST! films prepared by sputtering on Pt/TiO2 /SiO2 /Si substrates are found to exhibit a capacitance change ~tunability! of nearly 4:1. Higher tunability has been attributed to the ~100! texturing of the BST films and is a r...

The adsorption of barium ions on barium titanate in an aqueous solution was studied by means of batch technique as a function of Ba(II) concentration, temperature and solution pH using Ba-140 as radiotracer. The results show that adsorption is essentially complete in ca 180min and the steady state values of adsorption at various concentrations agree well with the classical Freundlich isotherm a...

Atriblock copolymerof polystyrene-polybutadiene-polystyrene (KratonD1102)hasbeenused topattern barium titanate precursor with nanoscale modulations. The copolymer self-assembles to yield cylindrical polystyrene nanodomains in a polybutadiene matrix. The preorganized thin films of polymer are then selectively OH-functionalized in situ on the unsaturated carbon bonds in the polybutadiene matrix w...

Strontium titanate (SrTiO(3)) nanoparticles with well defined cubic shape and sub-10 nm size that are highly dispersible in non-polar organic solvents were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal (HT) processing. Water-soluble titanium complexes and strontium hydroxide were employed as precursors. When the HT process was carried out without oleic acid, the SrTiO(3) particles obtained were rela...

The concentrations of strontium and barium have been measured in water, sediment and the shells of mussels (Mytilus edulis) from a river system in the Sunart region of Scotland, UK. The aim was to establish the fate and mobility of these elements, which are slowly being released from old mine workings on the Strontian granites. Enhanced strontium (1500-2000 microg l(-1) and 250-290 microg l(-1)...

Persistent photoconductivity was observed in strontium titanate (SrTiO(3)) single crystals. When exposed to sub-bandgap light (2.9 eV or higher) at room temperature, the free-electron concentration increases by over 2 orders of magnitude. After the light is turned off, the enhanced conductivity persists for several days, with negligible decay. From positron lifetime measurements, the persistent...