In-Sn-O nanostructures with rectangular cross-sectional rod-like, sword-like, and bowling pin-like morphologies were successfully synthesized through self-catalytic growth. Mixed metallic In and Sn powders were used as source materials, and no catalyst layer was pre-coated on the substrates. The distance between the substrate and the source materials affected the size of the Sn-rich alloy parti...

Ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN heterostructures, which have low contact resistance and a good surface morphology, are required for the development of high temperature, high power and high frequency electronic devices. The paper presents the investigation of a Ti/Al based Ti/Al/Ni/Au ohmic contact to AlGaN/GaN heterostructures. Multilayer metallization of Ti/Al/Ni/Au was evaporated by an electron g...

Nanomaterials such as iron oxides and ferrites have been intensively investigated for water treatment and environmental remediation applications. In this work, hollow α-Fe2O3 nanofibers made of rice-like nanorods were successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal reaction on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofiber template followed by calcination. The crystallographic structure and the morpholog...

A variety of pulmonary reactions have been associated with the inhalation of metallic dusts. 1, 2 Some of these result in familiar pneumoconioses, whereas others simply result in intrapulmonary pigment deposition. Some of the metallic materials that can cause disease as well as the typical reaction to deposits of these particulates are listed in Table 1. Electron microprobe analysis can be usef...

Currently three imaging spectrometer architectures, tunable filter, dispersive, and Fourier transform, are viable for imaging the universe in three dimensions. There are domains of greatest utility for each of these architectures. The optimum choice among the various alternative architectures is dependent on the nature of the desired observations, the maturity of the relevant technology, and th...

The collective dynamics of liquid deuterium is studied by means of inelastic neutron scattering (INS) at 20.14 K and under 2 bars of applied pressure using two different incident energies. The low-incident-energy (high-energy-resolution) spectra are studied in detail by means of a time-of-flight (TOF) technique, whereas the finite-frequency response is investigated using a higher incident energ...

This paper presents a wavelet-based Gaussian method (WGM) for the peak intensity estimation of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF). The relationship between the parameters of Gaussian curve and the wavelet coefficients of Gaussian peak point is firstly established based on the Mexican hat wavelet. It is found that the Gaussian parameters can be accurately calculated by any two wavelet ...

ZnO nano-particles with a diameter of 10-20 nm were fabricated under oxygen and helium mixture plasma circumstance by evaporating Zn target using pulsed laser ablation. Cathodoluminescence technique, combined with transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive spectrometer, was applied to study luminescence property and crystalline structure of ZnO nano-particles. Var...

An inorganic thermochromic material based on Cr-doped Al₂O₃ is synthesized using a solid-state method. The crystal structure, chemical composition, and morphology of the synthesized material are analyzed using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy coupled with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The color performances of the sy...

Knowledge of a spectrograph slit function is necessary to interpret unresolved lines and spectral features in an observed spectrum. In a scanning spectrometer with a single exit slit, the slit function is easily measured by illuminating the entrance slit with a broadband source and scanning the dispersive element. In a fixed grating/or disperser spectrograph, the slit functions have been measur...