Dielectric Spectroscopy of Ferronematics Based on 6CHBT Liquid Crystal

In our study, the dielectric behaviour of the rod-like liquid crystal (6CHBT) doped with magnetic nanoparticles of spherical shape was investigated by means of dielectric spectroscopy in the frequency range from 20 Hz to 2 MHz. A low frequency dielectric dispersion in the nematic and isotropic phases of the pure liquid crystal (LC) has been assigned to the space charge polarization. After doping the host LC with the magnetic nano particles, a nearly Debye-like relaxation process was observed with the temperature dependence obeying the Arrhenius law. Considering a possible electric double layer formation on the particle surfaces, the detected relaxation process in the doped LC can be associated with the electric double layer polarization. The experimental results point out that in the measured frequency range the space charge and interfacial effects constitute the main dielectric response. Any anchoring effects were not observed and are therefore expected to appear in higher frequencies.     

Growth and high frequency dielectric study of pure and thiourea doped KDP crystals

Non linear optical (NLO) materials have acquired new significance with the advent of a large number of devices utilizing solid‐state laser sources. Several NLO materials have been used for this kind of technological applications. The Potassium di‐hydrogen phosphate (KDP) one of NLO material having superior non linear optical properties has been exploited for variety of applications. In the present investigation we have grown KDP crystals from aqous solution with thiourea, an organic non linear optical material. We could enhance the SHG efficiency of thiourea doped KDP crystal. It was 1.99 times more that of pure KDP. We observed more enhancements in nonlinearity for low concentration of thiourea.The crystal structure and cell parameters of grown crystal were determined from Powder XRD.The incorporation of thiourea in the grown crystals was qualitatively analyzed from FT‐IR study. The absorption spectra of pure and thiourea doped KDP crystal reveal that thiourea doped KDP crystals would be a better nonlinear optical (NLO) material for second harmonic generation (SHG) than pure KDP. The thermal decomposition and weight loss of pure and thiourea doped KDP crystal was observed by thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The high frequency dielectric study of pure KDP crystal, thiourea doped KDP crystals and organic additive thiourea was carried out using X‐band at frequency 8GHZ and 12GHZ by transmission line wave guide method. We observed low dielectric constant of thiourea doped KDP crystal when it is doped with 2mole% of thiourea. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Growth of dl-malic acid-doped ammonium dihydrogen phosphate crystal and its characterization

Single crystals of dl-malic acid-doped ammonium dihydrogen phosphate have been grown using slow evaporation method and also by Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy (SR) method with the vision to improve the properties of the ADP crystals. The characterization of grown crystals was made by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction, UV–vis. spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential thermal analysis (DTA), Vicker's microhardness, dielectric measurements, high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) and second-harmonic studies. Structural difference between pure and doped crystal has been studied by XRD analysis. Functional groups were identified by FTIR spectroscopy. The grown crystals were found to be transparent in the entire visible region. Decomposition temperatures of the grown crystals were measured by DTA. Vicker's hardness study carried out on (0 0 1) face at room temperature shows increased hardness of the doped crystals and SR-method-grown crystals. Dielectric measurements reveal that SR-method-grown DLM-doped ADP crystals have low dielectric loss. Crystalline perfection of the grown crystals is analyzed using HRXRD. Preliminary measurements indicate that the second harmonic generation efficiency of the doped crystals at a fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm is roughly 1.5 times greater than that of pure ADP.     

Investigation on dielectric relaxations of PVP-NH4SCN polymer electrolyte

Poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) and ammonium thiocyanate (NH₄SCN) based polymer films with different compositions have been prepared by solution casting technique. The amorphous nature of the polymer electrolytes has been confirmed by XRD analysis. The FTIR analysis confirms the complex formation of the polymer with the salt. The conductivity analysis shows that the 20 mol% ammonium thiocyanate doped polymer electrolyte has high ionic conductivity and it has been found to be 1.7 × 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹, at room temperature. From the admittance plot, the activation energy has been found to be low for 20 mol% salt doped polymer electrolyte. The dielectric behavior has been analyzed using dielectric permittivity (ε^∗), dissipation factor (tan δ) and electric modulus (M^∗) of the samples.     

Field and Frequency Effects in a Nematic Mixture of Negative and Positive Dielectric Anisotropy

The molecular alignment in the nematic liquid crystal mixture of p-ethoxy benzylidene p′-n-butyl aniline (EBBA) and p-ethoxy benzylidene p′-cyano aniline (EBCA) has been investigated by measuring the dielectric constant at 1 MHz. Detailed investigation has been carried out for a composition of 2.74%, of EBCA in EBBA for different electric and magnetic field strengths and at different frequencies of the applied electric field. Both parallel and perpendicular electric and magnetic field configurations have been employed. Temperature and frequency dependence of the dielectric anisotropy have been studied.

Two interesting features have been observed. I) In the crossed field configuration complete molecular alignment could be observed by suitably changing the electric field strength. The range of electric field strength required to change the molecular ordering, is frequency dependent. This range shows a minimum in the neighbourhood of 2 kHz. 2) It has also been observed that in the parallel field configuration minimum dielectric constant change is observed apparently independent of frequency and electric field strength. Detailed results of the field and frequency effects and of optical studies in this mixture are reported.     

Dielectric properties and crystalline characteristics of borosilicate glasses

Packaging substrates play a significant role in the development of large-scale integrated circuit. Low dielectric constant materials are expected in order to reduce the time delay of signal propaganda. On the other hand, sintering aid is required for low temperature co-firing process. Glass/ceramic composite system is considered one of the most promising candidates because of its both low dielectric constant and low temperature co-firable properties. Borosilicate glass is an important component of the substrate material as a sintering agent. To reduce the firing temperature, some of the alkali metal or bivalent metal oxides must be introduced, often at the expense of dielectric properties as well as crystallization behavior. The paper has designed two groups of glasses doped with different metal oxides. Dielectric constant and loss, crystalline characteristics as well as softening point and thermal expansion coefficient of these glasses have been studied. The glass system is characterized with lower dielectric constant (5–6) and loss (10^?2–10^?3), higher electric resistivity (10^12?13 Ω cm). Softening point of the glass is also satisfactory for low temperature co-firing process. Furthermore, the glass shows a severe tendency of phase separation and followed by crystallization, with cristobalite as the main crystal.     

单壁碳纳米管场发射计算

本文以Maxwell电磁场理论为基础,对金属型单壁碳纳米管场发射阴极尖端附近的电场进行了计算,给出了不同结构单壁碳纳米管尖端附近的电场分布,发现场强沿管的径向及轴向方向随与管尖端距离的增加而迅速下降,说明了碳纳米管产生的激发场为极强的小范围局域场。通过计算不同几何尺寸单壁碳纳米管的场增强因子随其长度、半径的变化曲线,发现单壁碳纳米管的场增强因子数值非常大,并且根据曲线的变化规律可知,越细越长的单壁碳纳米管具有更大的场增强因子,同时也表明了单壁碳纳米管作为场发射阴极具有低的阈值和大的发射电流密度。本文所得结果为单壁碳纳米管做场发射材料提供了理论参考。     

静电场对V型火焰法中碳纳米管定向生长的影响

针对V型火焰实验系统的特点,考察了在种不同的静电场引入方式,以及在5V、30V和150V三种偏置电压下碳纳米管的定向生长情况.对实验结果进行了SEM、TEM表征,验证了静电场对碳纳米管定向生长的诱导作用,同时发现在一定范围内,随着偏置电压的增人,碳纳米管的准直性生长越明显.     

Growth and characterization of L‐alanine doped KDP crystals

Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate (KDP) is an excellent inorganic nonlinear optical (NLO) material with different device applications. Most of amino acids possess NLO property; therefore, it is of interest to dope them in KDP crystals. In the present study, amino acid L‐alanine doped KDP crystals were grown by slow aqueous solvent evaporation technique. The doping of L‐alanine was confirmed by the paper chromatography, the CHN analysis and the FT‐IR spectroscopy. The powder XRD was carried out to assess the single phase nature of the samples. The effect of doping on thermal stability of the crystals was studied by TGA and the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of dehydration were evaluated. As the amount of doping increased the thermal stability of crystals decreased. However, the second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency and the UV‐Vis spectroscopy studies indicated that as the L‐alanine doping increased the SHG efficiency and optical transmission percentage increased. The dielectric behavior of the samples has been studied. The variation of dielectric constant, dielectric loss (tanδ), a.c.resistivity and a.c.conductivity with frequency of applied field in the range from 100 Hz to 100 kHz was studied. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss decreased with increase the value of frequency of applied field. The dielectric constant and the dielectric loss values of L‐alanine doped KDP crystals were lower than the pure KDP crystals. The results are discussed. (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Effect of Cd1−xZnxS/ZnS core/shell quantum dot on the optical response and relaxation behaviour of ferroelectric liquid crystal

Dielectrics, polarizing optical microscopic and electro-optical measurements have been carried out on a core/shell quantum dot Cd_1?xZn_xS/ZnS dispersed ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC). In the present study, quantum dots were dispersed into two different concentrations of 0.1 and 0.25 wt./wt.% in pure FLC. The electro-optical parameters of pure and QDs dispersed FLC were carried out as a function of applied voltage. A significant improvement in optical response time of QDs dispersed FLC system is one of the major finding of the present study which may be useful for fabrication of faster liquid crystal system.     

碳纳米管场发射性能的研究进展

碳纳米管是一种性能优良的场发射冷阴极材料,具有低的阈值电场和高的发射电流密度,在平板显示领域具有广阔的应用前景。本文从Fow ler-Nordhe im s场发射理论出发,阐述了CNT的场发射机制,详细论述了包括CNT的结构、方向性、阵列密度、吸附气体、工作环境等诸多因素对其场发射特性的影响。研究表明,垂直取向,长径比高,密度适中,表面洁净的CNT场增强因子较大,场发射性能较好。     

Single crystal growth,structural, optical,mechanical, dielectric and thermal studies of formic acid doped potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal for NLO applications

Optically transparent formic acid (FA) doped potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystal of dimension 21×15×9 mm³ has been grown by slow evaporation solution technique (SEST). The X‐ray diffraction (XRD) technique was used to confirm the cell parameters and the shifts in peak positions of identified reflecting planes. The incorporation of FA in KDP has been qualitatively analyzed by fourier transform infrared analysis. The UV‐visible absorption spectrum of crystals has been recorded in the range of 200 to 900 nm and the doped KDP crystal is found to have improved optical parameters than pure KDP. The color centered photoluminescence emission spectrum of grown crystal has been illustrated in visible region. The mechanical behavior of pure and doped KDP crystal has been investigated using the Vicker's microhardness analyzer and hardness parameters have been calculated. The effect of FA on thermal stability of KDP crystal was examined by means of thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis. The temperature dependent dielectric behavior of crystals was studied.     

A comparative study on pure,l-arginine and glycine doped ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate single crystals grown by slow solvent evaporation and temperature-gradient method

Single crystals of pure, l-arginine and glycine doped ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate (ADP) were grown by both the slow solvent evaporation method and the temperature-gradient method of Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy (SR). The metastable zone width for different saturation temperatures of pure glycine and l-arginine added solutions were carried out. The grown crystals were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical transmission, dielectric constant, dielectric loss, and Vickers microhardness. The DSC and TG curves of the grown crystals indicated that they were stable up to 200 °C. The XRD study confirmed the structure of the grown crystal. The optical transmission analysis revealed that the pure and doped ADP crystals had very high percentage of transmission in the entire visible region. The important optical parameters such as reflectance and extinction coefficients of the grown crystals were calculated. l-arginine and glycine were used as dopants to reduce dielectric constant of ADP. The a.c. resistivity and a.c. conductivity were calculated. Dielectric loss of the doped ADP crystals grown by the SR method is lower than the doped ADP crystals grown by the conventional method. Larger hardness value for the SR method grown crystals confirmed greater crystalline perfection.     

Fredericks Transition in Pure and Nanodoped Surface Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Recently, ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) doped with nanoparticles have attracted a wide interest not only from a scientific but also from a practical point of view and there is continuously growing interest in the effects caused by doping the ferroelectric nanoparticles. Furthermore, the presence of external fields exhibits a very interesting transition, reported by recent experiments. In this work, we investigate the response of a surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (SSFLC) doped with ferroelectric nanoparticles to an applied electric field. We assume that the smectic layers consist of uniform planes with a fixed orientation and the system is free from dislocation of constant layer thickness due to nanoparticles. We obtain the threshold field of orientational transition and the maximum deviation of the polarization vectors for a pure and a doped SSFLC medium. Then, we discuss the Fredericks transtion of the system and formation of inhomogeneous texture. It is found that the ferroelectric nanoparticles have significant influences in ordering behavior of a SSFLC medium and the threshold fields are critically changed by doping nanoparticles in the SSFLC, which is fundamental to operation of many liquid crystal devices.     

Co掺杂对ZnO晶体中光生电子瞬态过程的影响

采用气相反应制备了ZnO和ZnO∶Co微晶,并通过热释光研究了材料中的电子陷阱能级(施主能级),采用微波介电谱研究了材料的光生电子瞬态过程.发现纯ZnO热释光谱有两个峰,分别为-183 ℃和-127 ℃,说明存在两个电子陷阱能级;而ZnO∶Co中热释光信号很弱,只有纯ZnO的十分之一.微波介电谱研究表明,由于电子陷阱对导带电子的驰豫作用,纯ZnO材料导带光电子的衰减为一级指数过程,寿命为802 ns.ZnO∶Co微晶体的最大微波介电谱强度低于纯ZnO晶体的五分之一,电子陷阱密度较小,其光生电子快速衰减,过程仅为10～20 ns.结果说明Co掺杂具有明显的抑制电子陷阱能级生成的作用.     

单壁碳纳米管储氢过程的GULP模拟

利用GULP软件的蒙特卡罗模块对常温(T=300 K)下单壁碳纳米管(SWNT)管内物理吸附储氢进行了模拟.研究和讨论了5种半径的扶手椅管在T=300 K时的吸附等温线,给出了同一管径在不同压强下氢气分子在碳纳米管中分布变化的对比图,并对T=300 K,P=10 MPa时不同管径的碳纳米管储氢能力进行了对比.结果显示,常温下压强不大于10 MPa时单壁碳纳米管吸附氢气的质量储氢容量不超过1.8;,体积吸附量不超过22 kg·m-3,表明纯单壁碳纳米管具有一定的吸附氢气的能力,但其存储能力与美国能源部提出的研究目标尚有一定差距,还需通过改变碳纳米管的结构、特性等方法来改善其储氢特性.     

Thermal and electrical properties of Tri Glycine Sulpho Phosphate (TGSP) and L‐Asparagine doped TGSP crystals

Tri Glycinsulphate with partial substitution of phosphoric acid, namely Tri Glycine Sulpho Phosphate (TGSP) has been grown by slow cooling method. Habit modifications have been observed with change in the concentration of ortho phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄). Monoclinic structure of the grown crystals has been confirmed using X‐ray diffraction analysis. TGSP crystals doped with L – Asparagine were also grown. The doping effect is qualitatively estimated using FTIR analysis. TGA, DTA studies and dielectric measurements were carried out for pure and L‐Asparagine doped TGSP crystals to investigate the thermal and electrical properties of the crystals. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Growth and characterization of pure and doped nonlinear optical l‐arginine acetate single crystals

Single crystals of organic nonlinear optical material of pure, Cu²⁺ and Mg²⁺ doped L‐arginine acetate (LAA) were successfully grown by slow evaporation method at room temperature. The UV‐Vis‐NIR spectra of pure and doped LAA indicate that these crystals possess a wide optical transmission window from 240‐1600 nm. Non‐linear optical studies reveal that the SHG efficiency of LAA is nearly three times that of KDP. The dielectric response of the samples was studied in the frequency region 100 Hz to 2 MHz and the influence of Cu²⁺ and Mg²⁺ substitution on the dielectric behaviour had been investigated. Photoconductivity study proves that both pure and Cu²⁺ and Mg²⁺ doped LAA crystal exhibit positive photoconductivity. It is evident from the Vickers hardness study that the hardness of the crystal decreases with increasing load both for pure and doped samples. ESR studies confirmed the incorporation of Cu²⁺ into LAA and the value of g‐factor was found to be 2.1654. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Li-N共掺ZnO纳米管的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的计算方法,系列的研究了锯齿型(9,0) ZnO单壁纳米管、Li,N分别掺杂以及Li-2N共掺杂的ZnO纳米管的能带结构、总体态密度、分波态密度.分析发现虽然Li原子单独掺杂不会对纳米管能带结构产生明显影响,但是Li-2N共掺杂比N单独掺杂ZnO纳米管的结构更加稳定,而且Li-2N共掺杂ZnO纳米管是p型简并半导体.     

辉光放电对负偏压增强热丝化学气相沉积碳纳米管的准直生长作用研究

利用负偏压增强热丝化学气相沉积在不同的负偏压和压强下,在沉积有不同厚度NiFe膜的Si衬底上制备了碳纳米管,并用扫描电子显微镜研究了它们的生长.发现在无辉光放电的情况下,碳纳米管弯曲生长,而在辉光放电时,碳纳米管准直生长,表明辉光放电对碳纳米管的准直生长起到了重要的作用.由于辉光放电的产生,在衬底表面附近形成很强的电场.相对无辉光放电时的电场,场强提高了两个数量级.本工作详细地研究了辉光放电对碳纳米管的准直生长作用.