Silicon dioxide films are extensively used in nano and micro-electromechanical systems. Here we studied the influence of an external electric field on the mechanical properties of a SiO2 film by using nanoindentation technique of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and friction force microscopy (FFM). A giant augmentation of the relative elastic modulus was observed by increasing the localized electr...

We present electrically detected electron nuclear double resonance measurements of the nuclear spins of ionized and neutral arsenic donors in strained silicon. In addition to a reduction of the hyperfine coupling, we find significant quadrupole interactions of the nuclear spin of the neutral donors of the order of 10 kHz. By comparing these to the quadrupole shifts due to crystal fields measure...

[1] A key feature of collisionless magnetic reconnection is the formation of Hall magnetic and electric field structure in the vicinity of the diffusion region. Here we present multi-point Cluster observations of a reconnection event in the near-Earth magnetotail where the diffusion region was nested by the Cluster spacecraft; we compare observations made simultaneously by different spacecraft ...

The ideal analysis of planar diodes in Temperature Limited Region is presented. Two types of relations are obtained for electric potential and electric field distributions one accurate but implicit and the other almost accurate but explicit.

This thesis addresses the problem of recovering three-dimensional location and shape information from measurements made with Electric Field Sensors. A single sensor functions as a proximity detector; two can be used as a mouse; three allow tracking of the hand in three dimensions, and each additional sensor allows us to extract additional shape information. The ultimate goal of this work is to ...

This thesis addresses the problem of recovering three-dimensional location and shape information from measurements made with Electric Field Sensors. A single sensor functions as a proximity detector; two can be used as a mouse; three allow tracking of the hand in three dimensions, and each additional sensor allows us to extract additional shape information. The ultimate goal of this work is to ...