Coherent transmission and reflection coefficients of individual monolayers of spherical alumina particles in the wavelength range from 0.3 to 1.0 μm and multilayers consisting of a set of such monolayers are computed. Quasi-crystalline approximation of the theory for multiple scattering of waves and the transfer matrix method are used. Three types of coherent transmittance minima inherent to cl...

A novel concept for octave spanning dispersive mirrors with low spectral dispersion oscillations is presented. The key element of the so-called wedge dispersive mirror is a slightly wedged layer which is coated on a specially optimized dispersive multilayer stack by a common sputter coating process. The group delay dispersion (GDD) of a pulse reflected on a wedge dispersive mirror is nearly fre...

Nearly monodispersed yolk-type Au@Fe3O4@C nanospheres with hollow cores of 50 nm in diameter were prepared through coating Au@SiO2 nanoparticles with Fe3O4@C double layers, followed by dissolving SiO2. The cytotoxicity of the nanospheres was evaluated by MTT assay, demonstrating a high biocompatibility. The yolk-type nanospheres show a high DOX loading content of 1237 mg g(-1). The coexistence ...

Planar waveguides of SiO2:TiO2 (multilayer structure) and SiO2:CeO2 (thick layer) were prepared onto commercial glass substrates using a sol-gel technique combined with dip-coating. These glassy coatings were structural characterised by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis and by Confocal Microscopy. Thicknesses of 1230 nm and 4,15 μm and refractive indices of...

Biomimetic calcium phosphate (CaP) coating has been used successfully for protein delivery, but the release of protein from CaP coating is mainly dependent on the limited dissolution of the CaP coating and the passive diffusion of the protein in the CaP coating. In the present work, our aim is to improve the release behavior of protein from CaP coating and make it more controllable. By using bo...

Spinel cathode materials consisting of LiMn2 O4 @LiNi0.5 Mn1.5 O4 hollow microspheres have been synthesized by a facile solution-phase coating and subsequent solid-phase lithiation route in an atmosphere of air. When used as the cathode of lithium-ion batteries, the double-shell LiMn2 O4 @LiNi0.5 Mn1.5 O4 hollow microspheres thus obtained show a high specific capacity of 120 mA h g(-1) at 1 C r...

This paper describes MEMS deformable polymer mirror system for adaptive optics application. This system employs a 4 μm thick SU-8 membrane with a stress balanced double side aluminum coating as a mirror element. Underlying Lorentz actuators are used to control the surface topography of the mirror, enabling optical wavefront correction. Compared to electrostatic, piezoelectric, and thermal actua...

Polyethyleneimine-coated double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) were used for dual gene and drug delivery, after loading the DWCNTs with the drug chloroquine, a lysosomotropic compound that is able to promote escape from the lysosomal compartment. Different forms of functionalization of the DWCNTs were examined in order to optimize this system. They included the testing of different treatments...

A stroboscopic surface thermal lensing (SSTL) system for the fast detection of thermal-induced defects in large-scaled optical coating films was constructed. The SSTL signal was generated by a set of double-modulators and captured by a high speed matrix camera, respectively. The spot size of both pump laser and probe laser expanded for larger detection area was finished in a single step. Based ...

Coating a MoSi2 ceramic layer on Mo substrates is an excellent strategy to enhance their oxidation resistance at elevated temperatures. Suppressing elemental interdiffusion across the Mo/MoSi2 interface very important for extending service life of substrates. The present study attempted develop WMoNbVTa high-entropy alloy (HEA) as diffusion barrier interface. A new double-layer WMoNbVTa/MoSi2 c...