The roles of silver ions and halides (chloride, bromide, and iodide) in the seed-mediated synthesis of gold nanostructures have been investigated, and their influence on the growth of 10 classes of nanoparticles that differ in shape has been determined. We systematically studied the effects that each chemical component has on the particle shape, on the rate of particle formation, and on the che...

A systematic set of stress-temperature measurements using the laser-scanning wafer curvature technique is performed to examine the effect of passivation thickness and passivation material on stress evolution and yield properties of passivated Al films during thermal cycling for twenty cycles. A modification of Stoney's equation for multiple films on a substrate is utilized to separate the indiv...

AlGaN/GaN HEMTs have great potential in high power microwave applications [1]. Despite the remarkable improvement in GaN-device technology, the “current collapse” issue has not been completely solved yet, which plays an important role in RF performance. It has been reported that optimizing a surface passivation process can diminish the current collapse phenomenon [2]. In this study, we develope...

Passivation and interlayer engineering are important approaches to increase the efficiency stability of perovskite solar cells. Thin insulating dielectric films at interface between charge carrier transport layers have been suggested passivate surface defects. Here, we analyze effect depositing poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) from a very low-concentration solution. Spatial- time-resolved photo...

Scanning probe microscopy was used to investigate the tribological properties of nanoscale tips in contact with a Pt(111) single-crystal surface under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. The tips were coated with a tungsten carbide film, which contained a significant fraction of oxygen. The electrically conductive tip made it possible to alternate between contact measurements and noncontact scanning t...

Obtaining tunable photoluminescence (PL) with improved emission properties is crucial for successfully implementing fluorescent carbon nanodots (fCDs) in all practical applications such as multicolour imaging and multiplexed detection by a single excitation wavelength. In this study, we report a facile hydrothermal approach to adjust the PL peaks of fCDs from blue, green to orange by controllin...

We present results on the experimental and theoretical investigations of metal contacts on chalcogen passivated GaAs(1 0 0) surfaces. Photoemission spectroscopy investigations show that depending on the metal used for the contact formation the chalcogen passivation reduces the interaction between metals and GaAs(1 0 0). For Sb no chemical reaction at all with the substrate surface is found, whi...

Several plasma and wet-chemical surface treatments have been tested to determine their effectiveness in improving SiN passivation of the AlGaN surface in HEMT devices. Mitigation of RF dispersion was evidenced by dramatic improvements in pulsed IV data after various plasma surface treatments and SiN passivation were applied to gate-level processed HEMTs. To examine surface chemistry as a result...