Structural comparison of gadolinium and lanthanum silicate films on Si(1 0 0) by HRTEM, EELS and SAED

High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) were used to study gadolinium and lanthanum silicate films deposited on Si(1 0 0) substrates using electron-beam evaporation from pressed-powder targets. As-deposited films consist of an amorphous silicate layer without an interfacial layer. After annealing at 900 °C in oxygen for 2 min, an interfacial SiO₂ layer is formed in the gadolinium silicate film, while this interfacial layer is a SiO₂-rich lanthanum silicate layer in the lanthanum silicate film. The formation of interfacial silicate layers is thermodynamically more favorable for the lanthanum films than for the gadolinium films. The gadolinium silicate films crystallize at a temperature between 1000 and 1050 °C, while the crystallization temperature for the lanthanum silicate films is between 900 and 950 °C.     

Elaboration and characterization of barium silicate thin films

Room temperature depositions of barium on a thermal silicon oxide layer were performed in ultra high vacuum (UHV). In-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses were carried out as well after exposure to air as after subsequent annealings. These analyses were ex-situ completed by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) profiles and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) cross-sectional images. The results showed that after air exposure, the barium went carbonated. Annealing at sufficient temperature permitted to decompose the carbonate to benefit of a barium silicate. The silicate layer was formed by interdiffusion of barium with the initial SiO₂ layer.     

Surface hydrophobic modification of ultra-fine aluminum silicate by mechanically grinding and heating

Highly hydrophobic ultra-fine aluminum silicate can be obtained by mechanically grinding and heating both aluminum silicate particles and octadecoic acid. The results showed that the organic modifier was adsorbed on the surface of aluminum silicate particles where a little new organic group was generated, and the hydrophobicity of ultra-fine aluminum silicate powder was enhanced. Grafting reaction was mainly carried out in heating process. Due to both grinding and heating, the modifier spread on the surface of particle completely and bonded with Si to form Si-O-C, and with Al to form acyl alumina in bidentate coordination. As a result, a highly hydrophobic layer was formed on the powder surface. However, it was unsuitable for heating temperature to exceed 180 °C, or else the layer would be destroyed. All the above points represent a useful effort for surface-grafting modification of powder particles. In this study, a novel method as a reference was provided on the surface-grafting modification of powder particles.     

Pd/W/Si(111)双层膜界面X射线光电子能谱与俄歇电子能谱研究

利用X射线衍射（XRD），X射线光电子能谱（XPS）和俄歇电子能谱（AES）对Pd/W/Si（111）界面进行了研究。实验结果表明，当系统作低温退火时，受W膜的阻挡，未生成硅化物，但Pd/W界面和W/Si（111）界面均有互扩散。升高退火温度，Pd－W原子在Si衬底上形成互溶体，Pd原子已穿过W阻挡层而到达W/Si（111）界面处，随着退火温度的继续升高，首先在W/Si（111）界面处生成PdSi_x,WSi_x也随之生成，这样就形成Pd-W原子分布的“反转”，在薄     

Photoemission study of the reactivity of barium towards SiOx thermal films

Barium was deposited at room temperature on a thermal silicon oxide layer and the interfacial reaction was monitored by synchrotron induced photoemission (both core level and valence band). The first step of the growth consists of an interfacial reaction which leads to the formation of an interfacial silicate layer. The next step consists in formation of barium oxide while metallic barium occurs subsequently. The deposit can be also homogenized by annealing above 575 K. This results in the formation of several layers of silicate by consumption of silicon oxide. In the case of fractional coverage, subsequent annealing at 975 K induces the decomposition of barium silicate. However, such a decomposition process is strongly dependent on the initial film thickness. It can be avoided for deposits thicker than 3 eqML.     

Methods of ellipsometric analysis of polarization optical properties of inhomogeneous surface layers of optoelectronics elements

The basic regularities of changes in the main ellipsometric parameters of a light beam reflected from inhomogeneous surface layers of silicate glasses have been described on the basis of the Drude-Born theories of polarized light reflection. A method of physicomathematical modeling of the refractive index profile in an inhomogeneous surface layer of silicate glasses is reported, which makes it possible to determine, with the lowest second-kind error probability, a model of an inhomogeneous reflecting system that is adequate to the object of study.     

Synthesis and Properties of Amine-Cured Epoxy/Organophilic Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

Epoxy-layered silicate composites have been prepared by dispersing an organically modified montmorillonite (Nanofil 919) in an epoxy resin and curing in the presence of an aromatic hardener. Dispersion of the layered silicate within the epoxy matrix was verified using X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy revealing that interaction improves upon organic silicate modification. Flexural properties and toughness increase with the organic silicate loading whereas glass transition temperature decreases and thermal stability remains practically unmodified.     

Spectral dependence of the optical absorption temperature coefficient of CdS1−xSex nanocrystallites embedded in a silicate glass

The absorption temperature coefficient of CdS_1−xSe_x nanocrystallites embedded in a silicate glass has been studied in the temperature range above room temperature at different technological regimes and sizes of nanocrystals. To understand the optical properties of silicate glasses with semiconductor nanocrystallites, especially that at the initial stage of their formation, it is necessary to include the structural changes occurring in the nanocrystals during the heat treatment.     

Influence of oxygen dose and heat treatment conditions on the formation of ion synthesized borosilicate layers

The results from investigating buried silicate layers formed by implantation in silicon with both oxygen and boron ions are presented. The properties of the synthesized layers were studied by means of infrared spectrometry, Auger spectrometry, and SIMS. It is shown a buried layer of silicate glass is formed in the system if the dose of molecular oxygen is 44017 cm². Our results confirm the possibility of creating nanocluster systems in a buried layer in a silicon matrix.     

Surface modification of polyvalent element-containing glasses

Seven soda-lime silicate glasses, each of which contains one of the following polyvalent metals: Fe, Mn, Cu, Ce, Ti, V, and Cr, are oxidized in air and reduced in H₂/N₂ (1/99) at their respective glass transition temperature for some period. A crystalline oxide surface layer is created on the glasses (except the vanadium-bearing glass) under the oxidizing condition, since the metallic ions are oxidized from lower to higher valence state, and thereby calcium ions diffuse outward and react with oxygen ions. In contrast, a silica-rich surface layer is created on the glasses under the reducing condition, since sodium and calcium ions diffuse inward. It is found that the extents of both outward and inward diffusions strongly depend on the type of the polyvalent ions for the same conditions of heat-treatment. Out of the seven polyvalent metals studied in this work, copper induces the highest extent of both the inward and outward diffusion, and hence, the thickest surface layer of both amorphous silica and crystalline alkaline earth oxides. The oxide layer lowers the onset temperature of the primary crystallization. The silica-rich surface layer enhances the chemical resistance of the glass in a hot basic solution.     

硅酸盐熔体团粒结构类声子振动的高温拉曼光谱研究

硅酸盐熔体是典型的近程有序,远程无序的准稳定态分数维体系,文章采用X射线小角散射(SAXS)、低波数拉曼光谱(LWRS)及高温拉曼光谱(HTRS)实时、原位分析等技术,对高温熔融法和溶胶凝胶法合成的CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂和Na₂O-Al₂O₃-SiO₂系列低维非晶硅酸盐试样进行了团粒结构粒度及其类声子振动频率的定量测定,获得了低温硅酸盐凝胶、高温硅酸盐熔体及其淬火玻璃相均具有纳米级(几个纳米至几十纳米)自相似团粒结构和类声子振动模的重要结论,进而建立了测定高温熔体介观团粒结构粒度的HTRS测定法,结果表明硅酸盐熔体的团粒结构粒度在高温下均会比其室温玻璃相的团粒尺度小,且高温熔体的网络结构基元也向桥氧数减少之基元转变。这些结论为探索自然界岩浆的地球化学特征、岩浆的结晶和演化以及低维硅酸盐材料结构性能的改进提供重要理论依据及信息。     

Laser annealing of dielectrics with metal nanoparticles

The effect of nanosecond excimer laser pulses on a composite layer of sodium-calcium silicate glass with silver nanoparticles has been investigated. Nanoparticles were synthesized by ion implantation. Based on measuring the optical absorption and reflection spectra of the composite layers, it is found that an increase in the number of laser pulses leads to a monotonic decrease in the size of silver nanoparticles. However, laser irradiation with a longer duration leads to the growth of nanoparticles with their subsequent destruction. The effects observed are discussed in terms of heating a glass composite layer as a result of the effective absorption of laser radiation.     

Numerical analysis of ultrasonic transmission and absorption of oblique plane waves through the human skull.

Ultrasonic transmission and absorption of oblique plane waves through the human skull are analyzed numerically for frequencies ranging from 1/2 to 1 MHz. These frequencies are optimum for noninvasive ultrasound therapy of brain disorders where numerical predictions of skull transmission are used to set the phase and amplitude of source elements in the phased array focusing system. The idealized model of the skull is a three-layer solid with ivory outer and inner layers and a middle marrow layer. Each layer is modeled as a flat, homogeneous, isotropic, linear solid with effective complex wave speeds to account for focused energy losses due to material damping and scattering. The model is used to predict the amplitude and phase of the transmitted wave and volumetric absorption. Results are reported for three different skull thicknesses: 3 mm, 6 mm, and 9 mm. Thickness resonances are observed in the transmitted wave for 3 mm skulls at all frequencies and for the 6 mm skulls below 0.75 MHz. Otherwise, the transmission is dominated by the direct wave. Skull phase errors due to shear waves are shown to minimally degrade the power at the focus for angles of incidence up to 20 degrees from normal even for low material damping. The location of the peak volumetric absorption occurs either in the outer ivory or middle marrow layer and shown to vary due to wave interference.     

Modelling of multi-vortex convection of fine alloying components in the molten pool under the laser radiation

The work is devoted to the mathematical modelling and numerical solution of the problems of conjugate micro-convection, which arises under the laser radiation action in the metal melt with surface-active refractory disperse components added for the modification, hardening, and doping of the treated surface. A multi-vortex structure of the melt flow has been obtained, the number of vortices in which depends on the surface tension variation, on the temperature and power of laser radiation. Special attention is paid to the numerical modelling of the behavior in the melt of the substrate of disperse admixture consisting of the tungsten carbide particles. The role of microconvection in the distribution of powder particles in the surface layer of the substrate after its cooling is shown.     

Locating an acoustic point source scattered by a skull phantom via time reversal matched filtering

This paper examines the utilization of the time reversal matched filtering method to resolve the location of an acoustic point source beneath a skull phantom (variable thickness layer), without the removal of this layer. This acoustical process is examined experimentally in a water tank immersion system containing an acoustic source, a custom-made skull phantom, and a receiving transducer in a pitch-catch arrangement. The phantom is designed to approximately model the acoustic properties of an average human skull bone (minus the diploe layer), while the variable thickness of the phantom introduces a variable time delay to the acoustic wave, relative to its entry point on the phantom. This variable delay is measured and corrected for, and a matched filtering time reversed process is used to determine the location of the point source. The results of the experiment are examined for various positions of the acoustic source behind the phantom and compared to the reference cases with no phantom present. The average distance between these two cases is found to be 4.36 mm, and within the expected deviation in results due to not accounting for the effects of refraction.     

金刚石对顶砧原位电导率测量系统

 在金刚石对顶砧中进行原位高温高压电阻测量时,由于受到绝热层的限制,从而达不到理想的温度条件。采用普通的粉末绝热材料,会给电极的引入造成很大困难,而且不规则的电阻丝使电阻测量很难精确量化。利用溅射镀膜方法,在对顶砧的砧面上镀氧化铝膜作绝热层,溅射的金属钼膜作电极材料,成功地完成了高温高压条件下原位电阻的测量。利用此装置,测量了铁镁硅酸盐(Mg_0.875,Fe_0.125)₂SiO₄在高温高压环境下（31~35 GPa,1 500~3 400 K）的电导率,得到了样品的导电粒子激活能,发现其激活能随着压强的升高而增大,与低压低温（小于15 GPa,低于1 200 K）条件相比,其激活体积和激活能都明显减小。     

利用超声相干技术在室温和高压下研究几种不同性能的玻璃

 综合使用超声相干技术几种不同的测量方法，分别研究两类三种不同性能的玻璃材料，测量它们的声速和衰减在室温及高压条件下的变化规律。结果表明：两类玻璃的声速和衰减以及由此而得到的弹性常数存在较大差异。两种硅玻璃在高压下，声速随压力变化的规律相似，压力升高时，纵波速度随之单调增加，横波速度线性减少，纵波衰减也随压力升高呈增加趋势。不同的是：两种玻璃横波衰减随压力的变化规律完全相反，水白玻璃的衰减增加，窗口玻璃的减小。上述几种方法的测量结果基本一致，且在相应的压力范围内与布里渊散射的实验结果基本吻合。     

Photoemission study of interfacial reactions during annealing of ultrathin yttrium on SiO2/Si(1 0 0)

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and work-function measurements have been used to investigate the Y/SiO₂/Si(1 0 0) interfaces in situ as a function of annealing temperature. The results show that yttrium is very reactive with SiO₂ and can react with SiO₂ to form Y silicate and Y₂O₃ even at room temperature. Annealing leads to the continual growth of the Y silicate. Two distinctive reaction mechanisms are suggested for the annealing processes below and above 600 K. The reaction between metallic yttrium and SiO₂ dominates the annealing processes below 600 K, while at annealing temperatures above 600 K, a reaction between the new-formed Y₂O₃ and SiO₂ becomes dominant. No Y silicide is formed during Y deposition and subsequent annealing processes. UPS valence-band spectra indicate the silicate layer is formed at the top surface. After 1050 K annealing, a Y-silicate/SiO₂/Si structure free of Y₂O₃ is finally formed.     

Z-scan study of nonlinear absorption of gold nano-particles prepared by ion implantation in various types of silicate glasses

Metal nano-clusters composite glasses synthesized by ion implantation have been shown as promising nonlinear photonic material. In this paper, we report on the nonlinear absorption measurements of gold nano-particles implanted in four structurally different types of silicate glasses. All targets containing gold nano-particles in a layer 500 nm under the surface of the glass have been prepared by ion implantation with subsequent annealing. The targets were characterized by UV–VIS absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and by the Z-scan technique. The resulting nano-particles differed in size, range of particle size and shape as well as depth distribution characteristic for glasses with different chemical compositions. With the Z-scan technique, it can be shown that the nano-particles produced in silicate glasses exhibit substantial two-photon absorption (TPA). The TPA coefficient differed depending on size, shape, and depth distribution of the metal nano-clusters and the structure and composition of the glass substrates. The highest TPA coefficient (16.25 cm/GW) was found for the glass BK7 in which the largest non-spherical nano-particles have been observed in the thinnest layer.     

Polarization model of strengthening of thermoplastic materials containing ultradisperse inorganic fillers

The polarization mechanism of strengthening was studied in thermoplastic polymers filled with ultradisperse powders of refractory SiMeON compounds obtained by plasmachemical synthesis. Thermostimulated depolarization current measurements showed the presence of spontaneous polarization charge in the filler and in filled thermoplastic compositions. Effects of the electric polarization field of the filler particles on the strength and structure of a boundary surface layer in a thermoplastic polymer binder contacting with the filler were studied on model samples. Material in the boundary layer exhibited an increase in the strength and a change in the degree of crystallinity and in the melting temperature.