Miniaturization of passive components, while mounting them close to the active devices to form ultrathin high-performance power and RF modules, is a key enabler for next-generation multifunctional miniaturized systems. Traditional microscale materials do not lead to adequate enhancement in volumetric densities to miniaturize passive components as thin films or thin integrated passive devices. W...

Corrosion inhibition behavior of Ascorbic acid (AA) vitamin C and Thiamine (Th) vitamin B1 on mild steel corrosion in 0.5 M HCl was investigated at various immersion times. The electrochemical characteristics of mild steel in absence and presence of the inhibitors were verified by the cyclic voltammetry method. The protective properties of the passive film were acquired by electrochemical imped...

The electrochemical behavior of copper in 0.05 M HCl and 0.05 M NaCl carried out at open-circuit potential and at constant anodic potential after one hour has been investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) at 20 °C, 40 °C and 60 °C. The formation of copper chloride (CuCl) film does not protect copper from dissolution in the chloride media. The physical properties of the pa...

This paper presents a new model reduction technique that exploits large-scale, parallel precomputation to create interactive, real-time games with the visual fidelity of offline rendered films. We present an algorithm to automatically discretize a continuous game into a large finite-state machine that can be pre-rendered in the film world. Despite radical differences from existing game engines,...

The magnetically driven rotation of 300 nm diameter rods shows the surface viscosity of albumin at an air-water interface increases from 10(-9) to 10(-5) N s/m over 2 h while the surface pressure saturates in minutes. The increase in surface viscosity is not accompanied by a corresponding increase in elasticity, suggesting that the protein film anneals with time, resulting in a more densely pac...

We present a study of density fluctuations in two-dimensional soap-film convection. When the temperature difference (DeltaT) imposed vertically along the film is smaller than a critical value (DeltaT(C) approximately 48 K), the convective motion is in a strongly stratified state and the frequency power spectrum of density fluctuations shows a Bolgiano-like scaling f(-7/5) in the buoyancy subran...

As a novel application of silicon-based integrated optics, results from a proposed compact Mach-Zehnder interferometer are presented. The deposition of a ZnO thin-film transducer upon the reference arm of the interferometer transforms this optically passive device into a device with active sinusoidal phase modulation.

Integration Platform Session: The paper presents on overview of a polymer based hybrid integration platform developed at HHI. The crucial building blocks involved are described, and examples of recently developed components are given. Keywordspolymer waveguides; passive fiber coupling; ultrathin film elements; multiplexer; transceiver; PSK receivers; tunable laser

The present invention is directed to devices and systems used in magnetic imaging environments that include an actuator device having an elastomeric dielectric film with at least two electrodes, and a frame attached to the actuator device. The frame can have a plurality of configurations including, such as, for example, at least two members that can be, but not limited to, curved beams, rods, p...

The electrochemical behaviour for passivation of new alloy corrosion-resistant steel Cr10Mo1 immersed in alkaline solutions with different pH values (13.3, 12.0, 10.5, and 9.0) and chloride contents (0.2 M and 1.0 M), was investigated by various electrochemical techniques: linear polarization resistance, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and capacitance measurements. The chemical compositi...