Polycrystalline silicon films on glass grown by amorphous-liquid-crystalline transition at temperatures below 330 °C

An approach to deposit polycrystalline silicon layers on amorphous substrates is presented. It is shown that metastable amorphous silicon can be transformed into its more stable microcrystalline structure at a temperature below 330 °C via an intermediate liquid solution stage. In particular, the interaction of liquid indium nanodroplets in contact with amorphous silicon is shown to lead to the formation of circular polycrystalline domains. Crystallinity of these domains is analyzed by micro-Raman spectroscopy. The droplet size necessary for the onset of crystallization is related to the temperature of the film. Full coverage of the substrate with microcrystalline silicon has been obtained at 320 °C within less than one hour. These films might act as seeding layers for further enlargement by steady-state liquid phase epitaxy.     

Synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes by arc-vaporization under high gravity condition

Arc-vaporization is one of the common methods to synthesize single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). However the detailed synthesis mechanism is still not clear, and the synthesis of longer and chirality-selected SWNTs has not been obtained. Here influence of the gravity G = 1 g₀, 2 g₀, and 3 g₀ is studied in order to develop the synthesis method of SWNTs. Simultaneously, calculations of heat convection are also carried out by using a fluid simulation program and the results are compared with the experimental results.     

Short-Period GaMnAs/GaAs Superlattices: Optical and Magnetic Characterization

Superlattices with magnetic layers containing from 8 to 16 GaMnAs monolayers corresponding to the mixed crystal composition between 5 and 6% of Mn and from 4 to 10 GaAs monolayers were grown by the low temperature MBE technique and characterized by Raman scattering. Folded acoustic phonons were observed for all superlattices in the Raman scattering spectra. The interlayer exchange coupling, found previously by the wide-angle neutron diffraction in selected superlattices was investigated by the spin-polarized neutron reflectometry. It was always of ferromagnetic type, no trace of antiferromagnetic coupling was found.     

Macro- and Nanoscale Effect of Ethanol on Bovine Serum Albumin Gelation and Naproxen Release

We report extended ethanol-induced gelation procedures of bovine serum albumin (BSA) at 37 °C and investigate the release behavior of a spin-labeled naproxen derivative (SL-NPX) from these hydrogels. The macroscopic mechanical properties of these gels during formation were studied using rheology, while a nanoscopic, more molecular view was obtained by analyzing the secondary structure of the protein during gelation via infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy. To evaluate the potential use of BSA hydrogels in controlled drug delivery, SL-NPX-BSA interaction was investigated in detail by continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW EPR) spectroscopy, which provides information on the interaction of the small drug molecules and the hydrogel. In addition to CW EPR spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), which provides insight into the size and nature of released components, was applied to characterize the combined influence of incubation time, ethanol, SL-drug, and BSA concentration on release behavior. It was found that the alteration of initial drug loading percentage, hydrogel incubation time as well as BSA and alcohol concentrations affect and thus tune the release rate of SL-NPX from BSA hydrogels. These results lead to the conclusion that BSA hydrogels as controlled release systems offer a remarkable fine-tuning capability for pharmaceutical applications due to the variety of gelation parameters.     

拉曼光谱在中药注射剂鉴定中的应用初探

分析了中药注射剂的重要作用,探讨了利用拉曼光谱进行中药注射剂鉴定的可行性。运用拉曼光谱检测了中药灯盏花素注射剂和红花注射剂,并对其拉曼谱图进行了分析。灯盏花素注射剂和红花注射剂的拉曼谱图中虽然荧光背景很强,但依然包含了不少有用信息,这表明利用拉曼光谱鉴定中药注射剂是可行的,但是测量技术和技巧还有待进一步提高。     

热壁外延生长 ZnSe 薄膜的质量研究

研究了热壁外延法（ＨＷＥ）在经两种不同处理方法的ＧａＡｓ衬底上生长的ＺｎＳｅ薄膜质量．俄歇电子能谱图（ＡＥＳ）分析表明,经Ｓ纯化的ＧａＡｓ表面大约由一层单原子层所覆盖,从而减少了ＺｎＡｓ／ＧａＡｓ界面态密度．用喇曼光谱（Ｒａｍａｎ）的空间相干模型,对不同处理方法的ＧａＡｓ上生长的ＺｎＳｅ处延膜的一级ＬＯ声子喇曼谱线形变化进行分析,定量判断出ＺｎＳｅ外延膜质量的优劣．分析认为,经Ｓ纯化ＺｎＳｅ／ＧａＡｓ具有较好的质量．理论分析与实验分析相一致．     

塑封电子器件负极端变色原因分析

利用X—RAY光电子能谱仪对125°下,通电15kV,96h后负极一端出现白色物质的塑封电容器进行分析。对比分析性氧化铝结发现,负极一端白色物质为氧化铝富集所致。造成该现象的原因是,环氧塑封料中含有活性氧化铝,由于固化不完全或吸潮导致环氧塑封料中残留水分,残留的水分与活合,在电应力的作用下,有向电源负极迁移的趋势;同时,由于温度效应的存在,塑封树脂软化,加速了水分与活性氧化铝向电源负极迁移的速度,形成了氧化铝在负极端富聚现象,使电容器负极端呈现白色。     

Influence of the additives argon, O2, C4F8, H2, N2 and CO on plasma conditions and process results during the etch of SiCOH in CF4 plasma

Reactive ion etch processes for modern interlevel dielectrics become more and more complex, especially for further scaling of interconnect dimensions. The materials will be damaged within such processes with the result of an increase in their dielectric constants. The capability of selected additives to minimize the low-k sidewall damage during reactive ion etching (RIE) of SiCOH materials in fluorocarbon plasmas was shown in different works in the past. Most of the investigated additive gases alter the fluorine to carbon ratio as well as the dissociation of the parent gas inside the etch plasma. The result is a changed etch rate, a modified polymerization behavior and other characteristics of the process induced SiCOH damage. Heavy inert ions like argon will be accelerated to the sample surface in the cathode dark space and enhance therewith the sputter yield on the SiCOH network [1]. In this paper the additives Ar, O₂, C₄F₈, H₂, N₂ and CO were added to a conventional CF₄ etch plasma. We try to provoke different changes in the plasma conditions and therewith in the process results. Contact angle measurements, spectroscopic ellipsometry, Hg-probe analysis, FTIR measurements and SEM cross-sections were used to overview the additive induced modifications. To understand the influences of the additives gases more exactly, changes in the physical and chemical plasma behavior must be analyzed. Therefore quadrupole mass spectrometry (QMS) and quantum cascade laser absorption spectroscopy (QCLAS) were used.     

冬青树叶表面的红外光谱特征

用红外衰减全反射技术(ATR)研究了各生长期和不同环境中冬青树叶表面的红外光谱特征.当用黑色塑料袋套在冬青枝条上48 h后,树叶表面的水分有所增加,其它成分变化甚微.当用透明塑料袋套在枝条上48 h后,树叶表面酯类物质的特征峰1 730、1 682 cm-1增加,且峰强度相当.当冬青叶片与甲苯气体接触48 h后,叶片反面酯类物质的特征峰(1 730、1 168、1 039 cm-1)有所减少.同样,叶片正面的酯类物质(1 730、1 168、1 039 cm-1)也有所减少.扫描电镜能谱也证实了叶片反面酯类物质确有减少.     

Development of Nd (III)-Based Terahertz Absorbers Revealing Temperature Dependent Near-Infrared Luminescence

Molecular vibrations in the solid-state, detectable in the terahertz (THz) region, are the subject of research to further develop THz technologies. To observe such vibrations in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and low-frequency (LF) Raman spectroscopy, two supramolecular assemblies with the formula [Nd^III (phen)₃ (NCX)₃] 0.3EtOH (X = S, 1-S; Se, 1-Se) were designed and prepared. Both compounds show several THz-TDS and LF-Raman peaks in the sub-THz range, with the lowest frequencies of 0.65 and 0.59 THz for 1-S and 1-Se, and 0.75 and 0.61 THz for 1-S and 1-Se, respectively. The peak redshift was observed due to the substitution of SCN⁻ by SeCN⁻. Additionally, temperature-dependent TDS-THz studies showed a thermal blueshift phenomenon, as the peak position shifted to 0.68 THz for 1-S and 0.62 THz for 1-Se at 10 K. Based on ab initio calculations, sub-THz vibrations were ascribed to the swaying of the three thiocyanate/selenocyanate. Moreover, both samples exhibited near-infrared (NIR) emission from Nd (III), and very good thermometric properties in the 300–150 K range, comparable to neodymium (III) oxide-based thermometers and higher than previously reported complexes. Moreover, the temperature dependence of fluorescence and THz spectroscopy analysis showed that the reduction in anharmonic thermal vibrations leads to a significant increase in the intensity and a reduction in the width of the emission and LF absorption peaks. These studies provide the basis for developing new routes to adjust the LF vibrational absorption.