Fabrication process for FEP piezoelectrets based on photolithographically structured thermoforming templates

Microsystem Technologies - Piezoelectrets fabricated from fluoroethylenepropylene (FEP)-foils have shown drastic increase of their piezoelectric properties during the last decade. This led to the...     

Effect of Discharge Power in a Plasma during Reactive-Ion Etching of Massive Substrates on the Matching of the Lower Electrode with a High-Frequency Bias Generator

Russian Microelectronics - The influence of the discharge power in plasma during the reactive-ion etching of massive substrates on the matching of the lower electrode with a high-frequency bias...     

Comparative Analysis of the Electroluminescence Efficiency in Type-I and Type-II Heterostructures Based on III–V Narrow-Gap Compounds

Semiconductors - We study in detail the mechanisms of radiative and Auger recombination in type-I and type-II heterostructures based on III–V narrow-gap materials. The presence of a...     

Level Lines of a Polynomial on a Plane

Programming and Computer Software - A method for calculating the location of all types of level lines of a real polynomial on the real plane is proposed. To this end, the critical points and...     

Exhaustive Use of Information on an Equation with Truncated Coefficients

Programming and Computer Software - Previously, we proposed algorithms that allow one to find Laurent and regular solutions of linear differential equations with coefficients in the form of...     

Symbolic Investigation of the Spectral Characteristics of Guided Modes in Smoothly Irregular Waveguides

Programming and Computer Software - This paper considers a homogeneous system of functional equations that occurs when solving a spectral problem the eigenfunctions of which describe guided modes...     

The process of electrochemical deposition of zinc in the presence of boron-doped detonation nanodiamonds

The influence of detonation of nanodiamonds doped with boron during the detonation synthesis (DND-boron) on the process of electrochemical deposition of zinc from a zincate electrolytic solution is investigated. It is shown that the throwing power (the coating uniformity) increases 2to 4-fold depending on the DND–boron concentration, the electrolytic conductivity remains unchanged, the corrosion resistance (as measured by the corrosion currents) of the Zn–DND-boron coating grows 2.6 times when tested in the 3% NaCl solution and 3 times in the climatic chamber.     

The Influence of the Shape of Model Hydrometeors on the Formation of Discharge between an Artificial-Thunderstorm Cell and the Ground

We have experimentally studied how arrays of model coarse hydrometeors influence the initiation and propagation of discharge between an artificial-thunderstorm cell of negative or positive polarity and the ground. It is established for the first time that the probability of initiation and stimulation of a channeled discharge between negatively or positively charged cloud and the ground significantly depends on the shape and size of coarse hydrometeors occurring near the thunderstorm cell boundaries. The obtained results can be used in developing methods for the artificial initiation of the cloud–ground type lightning of both polarities and targeted discharge of thunderstorm clouds.     

Nonstationary Infrared Testing of Coatings on Exterior and Interior Surfaces of Metal Shells

Technical Physics Letters - A new method for nondestructive testing of coatings on exterior and interior surfaces of metal shells is proposed that is based on video monitoring of the infrared...