Si-ZnO thin-film transistors were fabricated using atomic layer deposition (ALD) then annealed in oxygen at 400°C for 1 hour and are demonstrated. Hexagonal wurtzite structure ZnO was presented all films, with a primary diffracted peak the (100) direction regardless of annealing treatment. First-principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations supported observed crystalline characteristic...

The most powerful channel coding schemes, namely, those based on turbo codes and LPDC (Low density parity check) codes have in common principle of iterative decoding. Shannon’s predictions for optimal codes would imply random like codes, intuitively implying that the decoding operation on these codes would be prohibitively complex. A brief comparison of Turbo codes and LDPC codes will be given ...

Boron-containing molybdenum silicides have been the focus of significant research of late due to their potentially superior lowtemperature ‘‘pest’’ resistance and high-temperature oxidation resistance comparable to that of MoSi2-based silicides; however, like many ordered intermetallics, they are plagued by poor ductility and toughness properties. Of the various multiphase Mo–Si–B intermetallic...

Boron and Silicon site occupancies of the T2 phase in CrвҖ“SiвҖ“B system were investigated experimentally by first-principles electronic-structure calculations. A sample with nominal composition Cr0.625B0.175Si0.2 was arc-melted under argon, encapsulated a quartz-tube heat-treated at 1400вҲҳC for 96 hours. It then analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) X-Ray Diffractometry (XRD) sync...