We have studied the local transport properties in an epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 x (YBCO) film on LaAlO3 (LAO) using variable temperature scanning laser microscope (VTSLM) near the superconducting transition. A map of the superconducting transition temperature ðT c Þ is generated from a series of VTSLM images. The map of T c indicates there are inhomogeneities in the film large enough to create nonunif...

A photonic shape memory polymer film that shows large color response (∼155 nm) in a wide temperature range has been fabricated from a semi-interpenetrating network of a cholesteric polymer and poly(benzyl acrylate). The large color response is achieved by mechanical embossing of the photonic film above its broad glass transition temperature. The embossed film, as it recovers to its original sha...

A low-temperature solution-processed high-k gate dielectric layer for use in a high-performance solution-processed semiconducting polymer organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) was demonstrated. Photochemical activation of sol-gel-derived AlOx films under 150 °C permitted the formation of a dense film with low leakage and relatively high dielectric-permittivity characteristics, which are almost co...

We study the phase transitions of the spin1 2 Ising film in a transverse field within the framework of the effective field theory. We evaluate the critical temperature of the film as a function of the exchange interactions, the transverse field and the film thickness. We find that, if the ratio of the surface exchange interactions to the bulk ones R = Js/J is smaller than a critical value Rc, t...

We have measured the frequency dependent IF impedance and mixer conversion gain of a small area NbN hot-electron bolometer (HEB). The device used is a twin slot antenna coupled NbN HEB mixer with a bridge area of 1 μm x 0.15 μm, and a critical temperature of 8.3 K. In the experiment the local oscillator (LO) frequency was 1.300 THz, and the intermediate frequency (IF) 0.05-10 GHz. We find that ...

MEMS gas sensor is one of the development directions of the sensor, and it must work at a certain temperature, so micro heater is an important part of MEMS gas sensor. In this paper, aiming at the high cost and complex process of Pt film heater, we developed the research of Fe/Cr/Al and Ni/Cr cheap metals replacing Pt metal. With Fe/Cr/Al and Ni/Cr metal as the targets respectively, Fe/Cr/Al an...

Crystalline oxide films are important components in a wide array of electronic and optical devices, and their study and manufacture involve major aspects of current science and technology. A plethora of methods, such as sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, pulsed laser deposition, and sol-gel, are commonly used to deposit these films, and many new techniques are being developed (1). In each o...

A new measurement technique for the determination of the heat transfer coefficient and the film cooling effectiveness is presented. It is based on a regression of multiple transient liquid crystals experiments using an electrical heater-foil producing a nonhomogeneous surface heat flux. This is particularly interesting for film-cooled surfaces where each cooling hole in the heater-foil leads to...

Large-area and aligned copper oxide nanowires have been synthesized by thermal annealing of copper thin films deposited onto silicon substrate. The effects of the film deposition method, annealing temperature, film thickness, annealing gas, and patterning by photolithography are systematically investigated. Long and aligned nanowires can only be formed within a narrow temperature range from 400...

In this research work, silica nano-porous thin films were deposited on glass substrates by layer by layer method. The thin films were calcinated at various calcination temperatures (200, 300, 400, and 500 °C). The morphology, surface characteristics, surface roughness and hydrophilic properties of the thin films were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy, attenuated total ...