Effect of a solid substrate on orientational ordering and the process of associate formation in thin interlayers of solutions of some organic compounds

We have studied the vibronic absorption spectra of thin submicron interlayers of anisole and nitrobenzene solutions as a function of the concentration and thickness of the interlayer. We have observed isosbestic points in a series of spectra obtained for different concentrations and thicknesses. This in turn is due to the existence in the system of two types of absorbing centers, which we connect with monomers and molecular associates (dimers). We discuss the relative contribution of different types of interactions leading to dimer formation. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. 443–446, July–August, 2006.     

In插入层对硅衬底外延InN晶体质量和光学特性的影响

在Si（111）衬底上分别预沉积0,0.1,0.5,1 nm厚度的In插入层后,采用等离子辅助分子束外延法制备了纤锌矿结构的InN材料,结合X射线衍射（XRD）、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、吸收谱及光致发光谱研究了不同厚度的In插入层对外延InN晶体质量和光学特性的影响。XRD和SEM的测试结果表明,在Si衬底上预沉积0.5 nm厚的In插入层有利于改善外延InN材料的形貌,提高材料的晶体质量。吸收谱和光致发光谱测试表明,0.5 nm厚In插入层对应的InN样品吸收边蓝移程度最小,光致发射谱半峰宽最窄,并且有最高的带边辐射复合发光效率。可见,引入适当厚度的InN插入层可以改善Si衬底上外延InN材料的晶体质量和光学特性。     

Ferromagnetic resonance in a system of magnetic films with different Curie temperatures

The peculiarities of absorption of rf electromagnetic radiation (ferromagnetic resonance) in multilayer NiFe/Ni_0.65Cu_0.35(d)/CoFe structures in a wide temperature range are analyzed. It is shown that the type of interaction of the NiFe and CoFe ferromagnetic films via a “weak” ferromagnetic Ni_0.65Cu_0.35 interlayer changes from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic upon cooling and a decrease in interlayer thickness d. The detected temperature dependence of the interlayer interaction indicates the possibility of observation of a strong magnetocaloric effect in the structures under investigation.     

Effect of Au interlayer thickness on the structural,electrical, and optical properties of GZO/Au/GZO multilayers

We report on the structural, electrical, and optical properties of Ga-doped ZnO/Au/Ga-doped ZnO (GZO/Au/GZO) multilayers as a function of Au interlayer thickness. Aggregated Au islands formed a continuous film as the thickness of the Au interlayer increased from 3 to 12 nm. Consequently, the sheet resistance, resistivity, and optical transmittance decreased with increasing Au interlayer thickness compared to a GZO single layer. However, a relatively high peak transmittance and a high figure of merit were obtained for an Au interlayer thickness of 9 nm. These results showed that the characteristics of GZO/Au/GZO multilayers could be improved by inserting an Au interlayer of optimized thickness. In addition, it indicated that the GZO/Au/GZO multilayer is the most promising candidates for indium free transparent conducting oxides (TCOs).     

缓冲夹层影响异质结有机光伏器件性能研究

制备了结构为CuPc/缓冲层/C60异质结的有机光伏器件,分别选用三氧化钼和红荧烯为缓冲层,研究了增加缓冲层对器件性能的影响.结果表明,增加三氧化钼和红荧烯缓冲层后器件的开路电压和光电转换效率都得到提高,器件的短路电流密度和填充因子都有所降低.开路电压从没有缓冲层时的0.39V分别提高到0.58V、0.55V,转换效率从0.36%提高到0.44%,短路电流从1.92mA/cm2分别降低到1.77mA/cm2、1.81mA/cm2,填充因子从0.48分别减少到0.43、0.44.进一步研究表明器件的短路电流密度受缓冲层厚度的影响很大,当缓冲层厚度很小时,器件短路电流密度还有所增加,但随着缓冲层厚度的增加,短路电流密度逐渐减小,当缓冲层厚度为10nm时,器件短路电流密度减少到0.35mA/cm2.开路电压随着厚度的增加逐渐增加,从1nm时的0.43V增加10nm时0.63V.根据整数电荷转移模型和界面能级理论解释有机光伏器件开路电压提高以及短路电流密度减少的原因,为有机太阳能电池性能的改善提供了研究方法.     

缓冲夹层影响异质结有机光伏器件性能研究

制备了结构为CuPc/缓冲层/C₆₀异质结的有机光伏器件,分别选用三氧化钼和红荧烯为缓冲层,研究了增加缓冲层对器件性能的影响.结果表明,增加三氧化钼和红荧烯缓冲层后器件的开路电压和光电转换效率都得到提高,器件的短路电流密度和填充因子都有所降低.开路电压从没有缓冲层时的0.39 V分别提高到0.58 V、0.55 V,转换效率从0.36%提高到0.44%,短路电流从1.92 mA/cm²分别降低到1.77 mA/cm²、1.81 mA/cm²,填充因子从0.48分别减少到0.43、0.44.进一步研究表明器件的短路电流密度受缓冲层厚度的影响很大,当缓冲层厚度很小时,器件短路电流密度还有所增加,但随着缓冲层厚度的增加,短路电流密度逐渐减小,当缓冲层厚度为10 nm时,器件短路电流密度减少到0.35 mA/cm².开路电压随着厚度的增加逐渐增加,从1 nm时的0.43 V增加10 nm时0.63 V.根据整数电荷转移模型和界面能级理论解释有机光伏器件开路电压提高以及短路电流密度减少的原因,为有机太阳能电池性能的改善提供了研究方法.     

Design and preparation of frequency doubling antireflection coating with different thicknesses of interlayer for LiB3O5 crystal

Design and preparation of frequency doubling antireflection coating with different thicknesses of interlayer were investigated for LiB3O5 (LBO) substrate. The design was based on the vector method. The thickness of the inserted SiO2 interlayer could be changed in a wide range for the four-layer design with two zeros at 1064 and 532 nm. The coatings without any interlayer and with 0.1 quarter-wave (λ/4), 0.3 λ/4, 0.5 λ/4 SiO2 interlayer were deposited respectively on LBO by using electron beam evaporation technique.All the prepared coatings with SiO2 interlayer indicated satisfying optical behavior. This expanded our option for the thickness of an interlayer when coating on LBO substrate. The prepared films with SiO2 interlayer showed better adhesion than that without any interlayer. The thickness of the interlayer affected the adhesion, the adhesion for the coating with 0.5 λ/4 SiO2 interlayer was not as good as the other two.     

LB膜的各向异性与二次谐波超平方增长

用偏振紫外－可见吸收及旋转样品二次谐波方法研究了半花菁／花生酸Ｙ型交替ＬＢ多层膜中由垂直浸渍过程诱导和层间相互作用增强的分子在基板平面内的定向排列，提出并证实了随层数增长的平面内附加偶极矩导致光学二次谐波强度随ＬＢ膜厚度的超平方增长关系。     

Interlayer superfluidity in bilayer systems of fermionic polar molecules

We consider fermionic polar molecules in a bilayer geometry where they are oriented perpendicularly to the layers, which permits both low inelastic losses and superfluid pairing. The dipole-dipole interaction between molecules of different layers leads to the emergence of interlayer superfluids. The superfluid regimes range from BCS-like fermionic superfluidity with a high Tc to Bose-Einstein (quasi-)condensation of interlayer dimers, thus exhibiting a peculiar BCS-Bose-Einstein condensation crossover. We show that one can cover the entire crossover regime under current experimental conditions.     

硼、氮取代二聚苯中碳原子导致层间相互作用本质变化研究

在MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ水平下优化了二聚苯及其碳被硼、氮原子取代的几何构型;计算了这些二聚体的CCSD(T)/CBS相互作用能;并用SAPT2+/aug-cc-pVDZ分析了相互作用能成分.探索了硼、氮取代二聚苯中碳原子所导致层间相互作用本质变化.结果表明:稳定构型而言,从苯(C_6H_6)、1-氮-2-硼杂苯(BNC_4H_6)、1,3-二氮-2,4-二硼杂苯(B_2N_2C_2H_6)二聚体的平行移位(PD)构型向无机苯(B_3N_3H_6)二聚体的夹心(S)构型转变,其中C_6H_6和B_3N_3H_6二聚体稳定构型的堆叠型式分别与之相对应的石墨烯(GE)和六方氮化硼(h-BN)2D层间材料的堆叠型式相一致.硼、氮原子取代二聚苯中的碳原子后使其相互作用能增大,其中BNC_4H_6和B_2N_2C_2H_6二聚体的相互作用能增大较为明显.所研究体系二聚体稳定构型均以色散能为主导、静电能次之、诱导能相对较小.硼、氮取代二聚苯中碳原子后其静电能对总吸引能的贡献明显增大.     

Quantum phase transitions of polar molecules in bilayer systems

We investigate the quantum phase transitions of bosonic polar molecules in a two-dimensional double layer system. We show that an interlayer bound state of dipoles (dimers) can be formed when the dipole strength is above a critical value, leading to a zero-energy resonance in the interlayer s-wave scattering channel. In the positive detuning side of the resonance, the strong repulsive interlayer pseudopotential can drive the system into a maximally entangled state, where the wave function is a superposition of two states that have all molecules in one layer and none in the other. We discuss how the zero-energy resonance, dimer states, and the maximally entangled state can be measured in time-of-flight experiments.     

Multicritical point in a diluted bilayer Heisenberg quantum antiferromagnet

The S=1/2 Heisenberg bilayer antiferromagnet with randomly removed interlayer dimers is studied using quantum Monte Carlo simulations. A zero-temperature multicritical point (p(*),g(*)) at the classical percolation density p=p(*) and interlayer coupling g(*) approximately equal 0.16 is demonstrated. The quantum critical exponents of the percolating cluster are determined using finite-size scaling. It is argued that the associated finite-temperature quantum critical regime extends to zero interlayer coupling and could be relevant for antiferromagnetic cuprates doped with nonmagnetic impurities.     

Tetrahedral amorphous carbon films as a frequency-increasing interlayer of surface acoustic wave devices with a ZnO/Si configuration

Tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films deposited using filtered cathodic vacuum arc technology have been applied to the interlayer of surface acoustic wave devices with a ZnO/Si configuration. The phase velocity in the multilayered structure was analyzed in the first instance by theoretical calculations and was then measured by means of a network analyzer. It has been shown that the ta-C interlayer between piezoelectric film and Si substrate can strikingly increase the phase velocity of the surface acoustic wave. The greater the interlayer thickness is and the higher the content of the sp³ hybridization is, the faster surface acoustic wave propagates. However, the increment of phase velocity gradually decreases with increasing interlayer thickness. It was confirmed in this paper that the measured values of the phase velocity as a function of the interlayer thickness agree with the theoretical calculations.     

Oscillatory ferromagnetic interlayer coupling in [Pt(5 Å)/Co(4 Å)]3/Cr(x Å)/[Co(4 Å)/Pt(12 Å)]3 multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy

Investigation has been performed on the interlayer coupling between two Co/Pt multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy separated by Cr spacers. As a function of the Cr spacer thickness, only ferromagnetic interlayer coupling has been observed between the two Co/Pt multilayers in contrast to the oscillatory interlayer coupling between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic observed in ferromagnetic layers with in-plane anisotropy separated by Cr spacers. It is the strength of the ferromagnetic interlayer coupling that has been observed to be oscillatory as a function of the Cr spacer thickness with a period of about 7 Å.     

The effect of Pd doped in Ru layer on theinterlayer coupling in Co／RuPd multilayers

2.0nmCo/tnmRu层间反磁铁耦合 磁性录音 振动交换 添加效应2.0nmCo/tnmRu1-xPdx multilayers with x=0, 0.05, 0.08, 0.24, 0.39 and 0.48 were prepared by magnetron sput-tering. The spacer layer thickness of both Ru (before doping Pd) and RuPd (after doping Pd) varies from 0.2nm to 1.6nm. Two effects have been investigated: (1) the dependence of the interlayer coupling on the thickness of Ru1-xPdx as a function of x and (2) the dependence of the interlayer coupling on Pd doping density, x, as a function of thickness of Ru1-xPdx. Our results indicate that the interlayer coupling is strongly dependent on the doping density and the spacer layer thickness. The saturation field Hs increases when very low concentration of Pd doped in the Ru layers and a suitable spacer thickness are adopted.     

Influence of Au thickness on the optical and electrical properties of transparent and conducting TiO2/Au/TiO2 multilayer films

Au-intermediate TiO₂/Au/TiO₂ (TAT) multilayer films were deposited by RF magnetron sputtering onto glass substrates. Changes in the optical and electrical properties of the films were investigated with respect to the thickness of the Au interlayer.The observed optical and electrical properties were dependent on the thickness of the Au interlayer. The resistivity decreased to 3.3 × 10⁻⁴ Ω cm for TiO₂ films with a 20 nm-thick Au interlayer and the optical transmittance was also influenced by the Au interlayer. Although optical transmittance deteriorated as Au thickness increased, TiO₂ films with a 5 nm-thick Au interlayer showed a relatively high optical transmittance of 80% at a wavelength of 550 nm. In addition, since a TAT film with a 5 nm-thick Au interlayer showed a relatively high work function value, it is an alternative candidate for use as a transparent anode in OLEDs and flat panel displays.     

Oscillatory behavior of the resistance of three-layer heteroepitaxial Mo/Nb/Mo (001) films

Electrical resistance of a three-layer heteroepitaxial Mo(35 nm)/Nb(d _Nb)/Mo(35 nm) (001) film was found to exhibit oscillatory behavior as a function of thickness d _Nb of the ultrathin Nb interlayer. The oscillation period is equal to one Nb monolayer (0.16 nm). The resistance minimum of such a film corresponds to the interlayer thickness with a half-completed monolayer and is equal to the resistance of an individual Mo film of thickness 70 nm equivalent to the total thickness of the three-layer film. In this case, the three-layer film conducts as if it is a unified layer. The resistance of a three-layer film with completed Nb monolayers is maximum and equal to the resistance of two individual parallel-connected Mo films of half thickness (35 nm) each. These results are explained by the strong influence of the built-in potential, whose magnitude and scattering properties are periodic functions of the interlayer thickness.     

Formation mechanisms of equilibrium component composition of molecular layers of polymethine dyes

We study the concentration dependences for the absorption spectra and component composition of molecular layers from three homologous series of symmetric polymethine dyes of different electron-donating ability of their terminal heterocyclic groups. We find that a change in the layer thickness leads to a change in the width and position of the spectrum due to a change in the number of absorption bands. The number of bands of monomers increases with increasing chain length and electron-donating ability. The concentration ratio of monomers and associated forms depends on the spatial orientation of molecules in the layer. The electron-donating ability of terminal groups affects the angle between the chromophores of molecules that form a dimer and the intensity ratio between the short- and long-wavelength absorption bands of dimers. We conclude that the effect of the thickness of the layer on its spectral parameters is determined by the degree of intramolecular electron asymmetry that arises as a result of the interaction of chemically symmetric molecules with charges of the substrate surface and upon intermolecular interaction. This asymmetry leads to changes in free energies of ground states of monomeric molecules and, as a consequence, to an increase in equilibrium concentrations of cis-stereoisomeric forms in the layer.     

Effects of Density and Thickness of Interlayer on RT Instability of Interfaces

This work focuses on the characteristics of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability （RTI） of the interfaces formed by two semi-infinitely distributed fluids and one interlayer. In consideration of the coupling effects between the interfaces, the expression of the growth rate is obtained. The result reveals that the instability growth rate depends on the density and thickness of the interlayer. It is found that /f the interlayer thickness is less than 0.6 times of the disturbing wavelength, the coupling effects should be considered.     

Influence of various thickness metallic interlayers on opto-electric and mechanical properties of AZO thin films on PET substrates

Various thickness metallic interlayers to improve the opto-electric and mechanical properties of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films deposited on flexible polyethylene terephtalate (PET) substrates are studied. The effects of the interlayers on the resistance and transmittance of the AZO thin films are discussed. The result shows that the metallic interlayers effectively improve the electric resistance but reduce the optical transmittance of the AZO thin films. These phenomena become more obvious as the interlayer thickness increases. However, the AZO with an aluminum interlayer still behaves an acceptable transmittance. Moreover, mechanical tests indicate that the aluminum interlayer increases the hardness and modulus, and reduce the residual stress of the AZO thin films. In contrast, the silver and copper interlayers decrease the AZO's mechanical properties. Comparing to those without any interlayer, the results show that the best interlayer is the 6 nm thick aluminum film.