Nanomechanical characterization of thin FeXN ~X5Ta, Ti! films deposited by cosputtering from Fe, Ta and Ti targets on a Si/SiO2 substrate has been conducted using a nanoindenter. To fully understand the influence of the substrate on the measurement of film properties a continuous measure of the hardness and modulus as a function of depth was performed. The hardness of both FeTa and FeTi films w...

Single crystals of a new iron-based superconductor Ba2Ti2Fe2As4O have been grown successfully via a Ba2As3-flux method in a sealed evacuated quartz tube. Bulk superconductivity with Tc ∼ 21.5 K was demonstrated in resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements after the as-grown crystals were annealed at 500 °C in vacuum for a week. X-ray diffraction patterns confirm that the annealed and...

UNLABELLED We grew silicon nanowires (SiNWs) by a vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism using metal catalysts of gold (Au), titanium (Ti), manganese (Mn), and iron (Fe) under a high flow rate of hydrogen (H2). This combination of catalyst types and high gas flow rate revealed the potential for growing various SiNWs, including kinked SiNWs (with Au), ultra-thin SiNWs having diameters about 5 nm (wi...

In contemporary research, “Heterostructure” assemblies play an important role in energy conversion systems, wherein the composite assemblies facilitate faster charge carrier transport across the material interfaces. The improved/enhanced efficiency metrics in these systems (electro/photo-electrochemical processes/devices) is due to synergistic interaction and synchronized charge transport a...

interactions between cd, pillared clays and chalcogenedies have been studied using nanomineralogical experiments. xrd, dsc and chemical analysis. the synchrotron-based x-ray absorption spectroscopy (xas) was applied to characterize the reaction phases. the mean bond lengths between, cd-s, fe-s, sb-s, cd-cd (in chalcogenedies), al-cd, cd-ti, and fe-cd, (in pillared clays) were determined by xas ...

INTRODUCTION Oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) has been strongly implicated in the phathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The use of oxidants in dietary food stuff may lead to the production of oxidized LDL and may increase both the development and the progression of atherosclerosis. The present work investigated the effects of some elements including: copper (Cu), iron (Fe), vanadium (V) a...

Abstract (Pb,Nb)(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 antiferroelectric (AFE) thin films have been fabricated on LaNiO3/Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si wafers using a sol–gel process. The electric field-induced antiferroelectric-to-ferroelectric (AFE–FE) phase transformation behaviour and its dependence on the temperature were examined by investigating the dielectric constant and dielectric loss versus temperature and electrical field. ...

The effective utili zation of industri all y waste cinder for electroanaly tical applicati ons by trapping the hexacyanometa llate (HCF) units from Fe~+, Ni+. Co~+. etc into the interlayer ga lleries of cinder has been reported. Prussian blue (PB) is an Fe( III )HCF wi th mixed va lence and zeolite type properties. In the present investigati on, the interca lation property of TI+ wi th PB/ci nd...