We performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the mechanical properties of polycrystalline graphene. By constructing molecular models of ultra-fine-grained graphene structures, we studied the effect of different grain sizes of 1-10 nm on the mechanical response of graphene. We found that the elastic modulus and tensile strength of polycrystalline graphene decrease with decreas...

We have investigated features of liquid crystalline materials for organic polycrystalline field effect transistors (OFETs) with a model liquid crystalline material of 5,5”-dioctylterthiophene (8-TTP-8). Bulk mobility in polycrystalline thin films of 8-TTP-8 via its liquid crystalline phase was easily determined by time-of-flight experiments. Furthermore, we could evaluate impurity contamination...

silicon nanowire (sinw) arrays were produced by electroless method on polycrystalline si substrate, in hf/ agno3 solution. although the monocrystalline silicon wafer is commonly utilized as a perfect substrate, polycrystalline silicon as a low cost substrate was used in this work for photovoltaic applications. in order to study the influence of etching time (which affects the sinws length) on d...

Both singleand polycrystalline CrN layers are grown by reactive sputtering on MgO and quartz substrates, respectively. Temperature-dependent x-ray diffraction indicates a phase transition near 280 K to a low-temperature orthorhombic phase for polycrystalline CrN, while epitaxial constraints cause single-crystal CrN(001) and CrN(111) to remain in the cubic high-temperature phase. Electronic tran...

A fluorine-terminated polycrystalline boron-doped diamond surface is successfully employed as a pH-insensitive SGFET (solution-gate field-effect transistor) for an all-solid-state pH sensor. The fluorinated polycrystalline boron-doped diamond (BDD) channel possesses a pH-insensitivity of less than 3mV/pH compared with a pH-sensitive oxygenated channel. With differential FET (field-effect transi...

Strong boron segregation to polycrystalline Si1 x yGexCy alloys from Si has previously been reported [MRS Symp. Proc. 669 (2001) J6.9]. In this study, we investigate potential mechanisms for this effect. We find that comparable segregation also occurs in both polycrystalline Si1 yCy and single-crystal Si1 x yGexCy, indicating neither Ge nor grain boundary effects are needed for it to occur. In ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate, in vitro, frictional forces produced by ceramic brackets and arch wires of different alloys. Frictional tests were performed on three ceramic brackets: monocrystalline (Inspire ICE), polycrystalline (InVu), polycrystalline with metal slot (Clarity), and one stainless steel bracket (Dyna-Lock). Thirty brackets of each were tested, all with .022' slots, in c...

0026-2714/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2009.10.014 * Corresponding author. Address: Institute of Microe Patriarchou Grigoriou and Neapoleos Strs, Aghia Paras 210 6503239; fax: +30 210 6511723. E-mail address: [email protected] (D In this work we point out the importance of the device parameter Vg,max–Vth (the difference between the gate voltage at max...

This guide sheet outlines a method for the analysis of cubic crystal forms, this being useful to you for interpreting the transmission diffraction pattern produced by scattering electrons off a thin film target of polycrystalline aluminium. The apparatus also contains samples with hexagonal structures. These are pyrolytic graphite targets, and are available both as single crystals and in polycr...

Nanoindentation has been recently used to measure the mechanical properties of polycrystalline graphene. However, the measured failure loads are found to be scattered widely and vary from lab to lab. We perform molecular dynamics simulations of nanoindentation on polycrystalline graphene at different sites including grain center, grain boundary (GB), GB triple junction, and holes. Depending on ...