From defects creation to circuit reliability - A bottom-up approach (invited)

This paper presents a theoretical framework about interface states creation rate from Si-H bonds at the Si/SiO₂ interface. It includes three mains ways of bond breaking. In the first case, the bond can be broken thanks to the bond ground state rising with an electrical field. In the two others cases, incident carriers will play the main role either if there are very energetic or very numerous but less energetic. This concept allows us physically modeling the reliability of MOSFET transistors, and particularly NBTI permanent part, and Channel Hot Carrier (CHC) to Cold Carrier (CCC) damage. Finally, the translation of these physical models into reliability spice models is discussed. These models pave the way to Design-in Reliability (DiR) approach which seeks to provide a quantitative assessment of reliability - CMOS device reliability in this case - at design stage thereby enabling judicious margins to be taken beforehand.     

A Composite Formation Route to Well‐Crystalline Manganese Oxide Nanocrystals: High Catalytic Activity of Manganate–Alumina Nanocomposites

Manganese oxide nanocrystals are combined with aluminum oxide nanocrystals to improve their crystallinity via calcination without a significant increase of crystal size. A nanocomposite, consisting of two metal oxides, can be synthesized by the reaction between permanganate anions and aluminum oxyhydroxide keggin cations. The as‐prepared manganese oxide–aluminum oxide nanocomposite is X‐ray amorphous whereas heat‐treatment gives rise to the crystallization of an α‐MnO₂ phase at 600 °C and Mn₃O₄/Mn₂O₃ and γ‐Al₂O₃ phases at 800 °C. Electron microscopy and N₂ adsorption‐desorption‐isotherm analysis clearly demonstrate that the as‐prepared nanocomposite is composed of a porous assembly of monodisperse primary particles with a size of ～20 nm and a surface area of >410 m² g^?1. Of particular interest is that the small particle size of the as‐prepared nanocomposite is well‐maintained up to 600 °C, a result of the prevention of the growth of manganate grains through nanoscale mixing with alumina grains. The calcined nanocomposite shows very‐high catalytic activity for the oxidation of cyclohexene with an extremely high conversion efficiency of >95% within 15 min. The present results show that the improvement of the crystallinity without significant crystal growth is very crucial for optimizing the catalytic activity of manganese oxide nanocrystals.     

提高韶冶烧结氧化物料处理能力的研究与应用

介绍韶冶在氧化物料对工厂生产经营和现场环境造成不利影响的条件下,通过设备、工艺两方面的研究,提高氧化物料处理能力,从而增强烧结工艺对原料的适应性,使干精矿含硫降低,烧结机产能大幅度提升,烧结块质量保持较高水平,年创效益约2 500万元。     

Synthesis of acicular α-Bi2O3 microcrystals by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method

ABSTRACT

Materials based on bismuth(III) oxide are candidate to be used in optical and electronic devices because of their properties such as a variable band gap, photoconductivity, photoluminescence, high refractive index, and dielectric permittivity. These properties are dependent of several factors, e.g., present phases and crystal morphology. The microwave-assisted hydrothermal method (MAH) is a fast and efficient approach of synthesis to obtain semiconductor powders. However, the synthesis of monoclinic bismuth oxide (α-Bi₂O₃) with acicular morphology by MAH was not found in literature. In this paper, microcrystals of acicular α-Bi₂O₃ (monophasic) were successfully obtained by MAH using a synthesis temperature of 80°C for 0.5?h. X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron, and transmission electron microscopies showed the formation of a monoclinic structure (space group P21/c) with acicular morphology that grew along the [001] direction. The temperature and time necessary to synthetize acicular microcrystals were significantly lower than those found for acicular microcrystals obtained by conventional hydrothermal method.     

海水卤水提锂高效吸附剂的合成及应用研究

高效吸附剂的研究和开发是高镁锂比海水卤水中锂分离提取的关键,当前最具工业应用前景的吸附剂为锂锰氧化物离子筛。本研究探讨了各合成条件对锂锰氧化物离子筛吸附剂的结构及吸附性能的影响,合成出了适用于不同镁锂比及锂浓度海水卤水的高容量吸附剂,吸附容量最高可达41.02 mg/g,锰溶损率为3.06%;此外,还开展了锂吸附分离的动态模拟试验,为所合成吸附剂用于海水卤水提锂的应用研究奠定基础。     

Performances of carbon nanotube field effect transistors with altered channel length

The influence of channel length on the performances of carbon nanotube field effect transistors(CNT-FETs) has been studied.Buffered oxide etching was used to remove approximately a 60 nm layer from the original 100 nm silicon dioxide layer,to thin the dielectric layer of the back gate.Channel length of the CNT-FETs was changed along with the etching process.The dependence of drain-source current on gate voltage was measured to analyze the performance of the CNT-FETs,including the transconductance,carrier mo...     

ZnO单晶的KOH碱液法生长和表征

采用自发成核方法,以KOH碱液作助熔剂,在银、镍和铁坩埚中分别生长了透明、棕绿色和棕色的纤维锌矿氧化锌单晶。X射线衍射和电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱分析表明:晶体的颜色与所含的杂质有关,这些杂质来源于所使用的坩埚。采用光致发光(photoluminescence,PL)光谱对所生长的晶体进行了表征,结果显示,从银坩埚中生长的氧化锌晶体质量较高,其室温下用325nm波长光激发的PL光谱显示381nm强的紫外发射峰。在此基础上,从200mL银坩埚中生长出了尺寸为φ3mm×34mm氧化锌晶体。     

Stretchable,Transparent Zinc Oxide Thin Film Transistors

Stretchable and transparent thin film transistors (TFTs) with intrisically brittle oxide semiconductors are built using a wavy structural configuration that can provide high flexibility and stretchability. After device fabrication procedures including high temperature annealing, the oxide semiconductor‐based TFT arrays can be transferred directly to plastic or rubber substrates, without an additional device process, using transfer printing methods. This procedure can avoid some of the thermal degradation problems associated with plastic or rubber substrates by separating them from the annealing procedure needed to improve the device performance. These design and fabrication methods offer the possibility of developing a new format of stretchable electronics.     

Gadolinia-modified ceria photocatalyst for removal of lead (II) ions from aqueous solutions

Gd₂O₃-modified CeO₂ particles are prepared by a solid-state reaction method, and are used to remove Pb(II) ions from aqueous solutions by a photoelectrodeposition. The UV–photocatalytic activity for Pb(II) ion removal of the Gd₂O₃-modified CeO₂ is significantly higher than that of pure CeO₂. A solid solution Gd_0.1Ce_0.9O_1.95 phase coexisting with the CeO₂ matrix phase shows a high ability of photoelectrodeposition for the Pb(II) ions removal, compared to the two-phases mixture of Gd₂O₃–CeO₂. The high photocatalytic activity is also supported by a strong photoluminescence (PL) signal from the Gd_0.1Ce_0.9O_1.95–CeO₂. The high activity can be due to a formation of heterojunctions between p-type Gd_0.1Ce_0.9O_1.95 and n-type CeO₂, promoting transfer of photogenerated electron–hole pairs and efficiency restraining recombination of the charges.