Spin resonance transport properties of a single Au atom in S–Au–S junction and Au–Au–Au junction

The spin transport properties of S–Au–S junction and Au–Au–Au junction between Au nanowires are investigated with density functional theory and the non-equilibrium Green's function. We mainly focus on the spin resonance transport properties of the center Au atom. The breaking of chemical bonds between anchor atoms and center Au atom significantly influences their spin transmission characteristics. We find the 0.8 eV orbital energy shift between anchor S atoms and the center Au atom can well protect the spin state stored in the S–Au–S junction and efficiently extract its spin state to the current by spin resonance mechanism, while the spin interaction of itinerant electrons and the valence electron of the center Au atom in the Au–Au–Au junction can extract the current spin information into the center Au atom. Fermi energy drift and bias-dependent spin filtering properties of the Au–Au–Au junction may transform information between distance, bias,and electron spin. Those unique properties make them potential candidates for a logical nanocircuit.     

Absorption infra-rouge dans les alliages dilués Au Ni

Near infra-red anomalous absorption of diluteAu Ni alloys is explained in a virtual bound state model.     

Electrostatic assembles and optical properties of Au–CdTe QDs and Ag/Au–CdTe QDs

Au–CdTe and Ag/Au–CdTe assembles were firstly investigated through the static interaction between positively charged cysteamine-stabilized CdTe quantum dots (QDs) and negatively charged Au or core/shell Ag/Au nano-particles (NCs). The CdTe QDs synthesized in aqueous solution were capped with cysteamine which endowed them positive charges on the surface. Both Au and Ag/Au NCs were prepared through reducing precursors with gallic acid obtained from the hydrolysis of natural plant poly-phenols and favored negative charges on the surface of NCs. The fluorescence spectra of CdTe QDs exhibited strong quenching with the increase of added Au or Ag/Au NCs. Railey resonance scattering spectra of Au or Ag/Au NCs increased firstly and decreased latter with the concentration of CdTe QDs, accompanied with the solution color changing from red to purple and colorless at last. Experimental results on the effects of gallic acid, chloroauric acid tetrahydrate and other reagents demonstrated the static interaction occurred between QDs and NCs. This finding reveals the possibilities to design and control optical process and electromagnetic coupling in hybrid structures.     

Surface Properties of Unintentionally Doped GaN Film and Its Contact Behaviour with Ni／Cr／Au Compound Metals

The surface properties of GaN films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy were investigated by using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy, while the depth profile was analysed by the Ar ion sputtering method.The contaminants carbon and silicon are chiefly adsorbed onto the surface while oxygen and aluminium diffuse into the bulk to distribute in a certain depth. The mixture oxides is roughly 0.1μm in thickness. Based on the analytical results of XPS of the GaN films, the Ni/Cr/Au interdigital metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) structure has been fabricated. It has been found that the contact behaviour of the Ni/Cr/Au/undoped GaN exhibits a linear I-V characteristic under dark and 362-um light excitation without annealing treatment. The lower resistance of the MSM structure has also been observed.     

Glass formability and the Al–Au system

The aluminum–gold system exhibits various features that suggest high glass formability, such as a deep eutectic, formation of icosahedral clusters in the intermetallic compound near the eutectic minimum and a strongly negative heat of mixing. However, it is very difficult to form a glass with this system. Various issues related to glass formability are discussed using the Al–Au system as a negative test-case. In particular, the atomic level pressure was calculated from first principles for the first time for Al₂Au, AlAu₂ and AlAu₄ intermetallic compounds. The atomic level pressure is very high in these compounds, suggesting frustrated electronic states which destabilize both crystalline and glassy phases.     

Topology and predictability of El Niño and La Niña networks

We construct the networks of the surface temperature field for El Ni?o and for La Ni?a years and investigate their structure. We find that the El Ni?o network possesses significantly fewer links and lower clustering coefficient and characteristic path length than the La Ni?a network, which indicates that the former network is less communicative and less stable than the latter. We conjecture that because of this, predictability of temperature should decrease during El Ni?o years. Here we verify that indeed during El Ni?o years predictability is lower compared to La Ni?a years.     

空气和氧气气氛下p-GaN/Ni/Au合金性质

研究了p-CaN上的Au／Ni双金属层在空气气氛和氧气气氛下合金对其欧姆接触性质的影响。使用同步辐射高强度X射线衍射观察到明显的NiO衍射峰。随着合金时间的增加,NiO和Au的结晶性均明显变好,NiO的衍射峰强度随合金时间的增加而增强,同时发现Au(111)沿CaN的(0001)面择优形成单晶。测得Ni／Au-p-CaN-Ni／Au串联电阻在合金后明显降低,表明接触性质改善与结晶性的提高有关。同时发现氧气下合金比空气下合金形成NiO更快,相应的串联电阻也更快地下降。     

Ni/Au与N掺杂p型ZnO的欧姆接触

研究了Au,In,Ni/Au三种不同金属膜与N掺杂p型ZnO的接触特性,发现Ni/Au双层膜更适合作为其欧姆电极材料,并比较了不同气氛和不同温度退火对Ni/Au电极的影响.发现在O₂中退火电极性能发生蜕变,而在N₂中退火性能得到改善.指出即使在N₂中退火,退火温度的选择也是至关重要的,本实验在400℃,氮气气氛下退火150s,得到了较好的欧姆接触特性.     

加热过程中Au—Ge—Ni薄膜的结构变化

用透射电子显微镜对不同热处理后Au-11.4wt％Ge-4.8wt％Ni蒸发薄膜进行了结构分析和形态观察。常温下此膜的结构是过饱和的金固溶体。经300℃以上较长时间(10分钟以上)加热后,膜的结构转变为金固溶体和NiGe化合物。在高压电子显微镜加热台上进行的动态观察显示:升温到约500℃时尺寸近2000埃的圆盘伏NiGe晶粒在两秒内被金固溶体吞并。余下的NiGe晶粒对500℃以上发生的金固溶体薄膜的缩聚过程有阻碍作用。 关键词：     

Au–Cu nanoparticles produced by laser ablation of mixtures of Au and Cu microparticles

In this study we investigate the possibility of producing alloy nanoparticles (NP) from mixtures of elemental microparticle (MP) powders using the laser ablation of microparticle (LAM) process. Mixtures of Au and Cu particles with a diameter of 1.5–2.0 m were fed in aerosol form into a laser ablation cell and ablated using a pulsed laser. The resulting NP were collected electrostatically and characterized using TEM. The NP were spherical and crystalline with a size that depended on the collection location but ranged from 2 to 15 nm. Using TEM/SAD, it was determined that the NP had a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure and, with EDS, it was found that individual NP consisted of both Au and Cu. These experimental results confirm previous numerical models that suggested that it might be possible to form alloy NP from mixtures of elemental MP using the LAM process.     

“Hot spots” induced near-field enhancements in Au nanoshell and?Au nanoshell dimer

The influence of “hot spots” on the near-field properties of Au nanoshell and Au nanoshell dimers have been investigated by means of the finite element method. It is found with increasing the pinhole radius R that the maximal enhancement of near-field for Au nanoshell with pinhole parallel to the polarization increases from 17.906 at R=0 nm to 36.979 at R=0.8 nm, and then almost shows a negligible radius dependence. Large electric fields also can be observed inside the pinhole perpendicular to the polarization, which increases with increasing the pinhole radius. The near-field of Au nanoshell dimer depends strongly on the polarization and propagation directions of the incident light. Exponential decay behavior is found for the maximal enhancement of the electric field in the dimer junction as a function of the dimer separation. Furthermore, a very strong electric field is found in the junction between two Au nanoshells when the pinholes are located near the gap between the nanoshells.     

Low-resistance and transparent Ni–Co solid solution/Au ohmic contacts to p-type GaN for green GaN-based light-emitting diodes

We report on the formation of low-resistance and transparent p-type ohmic contact for green GaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using Ni–Co solid solution(5 nm)/Au(5 nm) scheme. The as-deposited Ni–Co solid solution(5 nm)/Au(5 nm) contact shows nonlinear current–voltage (I–V$I\text{–}V$) characteristics. However, annealing the sample at 550 ^°C in air results in the formation of ohmic contacts with specific contact resistance of 6.5×10⁻⁴ Ω cm². The annealed sample shows light transmittance of 71.7% at a wavelength of 530 nm, which is better than that (64.9%) of oxidized Ni/Au contacts. Based on Auger electron spectroscopy and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy results, the annealing-induced improvement of the contacts is described and discussed.     

Probing the interaction of Au,Rh and bimetallic Au–Rh clusters with the TiO2 nanowire and nanotube support

Gold, rhodium and their coadsorbed layers were prepared on titanate nanowires and nanotubes and characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). On titanate nanowire and tube supports the gold 4f_7/2 XP emission appeared after reduction at 83.7 eV and 85.6 eV indicating two different sizes or chemical environments of gold nanoclusters. The titanate nanostructures stabilize the nearly atomically dispersed state of gold (85.6 eV peaks in XPS). Small clusters also developed in rhodium containing samples besides the pure metallic state. Upon CO adsorption on Rh/titanate nanostructures the IR stretching frequencies characteristic of twin form were dominant, whereas bimetallic nanosystems featured a pronounced linear stretching vibration. By performing careful XPS, LEIS and SEM experiments, it was found that, for appropriate Au and Rh coverage, the Au almost completely covers the Rh nanoparticles. CO adsorbed on this surface may induce the surface reconstruction.     

Ni/Au/n-GaN肖特基二极管可导位错的电学模型

可导线性位错被普遍认为是GaN基器件泄漏电流的主要输运通道,但其精细的电学模型目前仍不清楚.鉴于此,本文基于对GaN肖特基二极管的电流输运机制分析提出可导位错的物理模型,重点强调:1)位于位错中心的深能级受主态(主要Ga空位)电离后库仑势较高,理论上对泄漏电流没有贡献; 2)位错周围的高浓度浅能级施主态电离后能形成势垒高度较低的薄表面耗尽层,可引发显著隧穿电流,成为主要漏电通道;3)并非传统N空位,认为O替代N所形成的浅能级施主缺陷应是引发漏电的主要电学态,其热激活能约为47.5 meV.本工作亦有助于理解其他GaN器件的电流输运和电学退化行为.     

低接触电阻率Ni/Ag/Ti/Au反射镜电极的研究

研究了Ag的厚度、退火时间、沉积温度对于Ni/Ag/Ti/Au电极的反射率及与p-GaN欧姆接触性能的影响. 利用分光光度计测量反射率, 采用圆形传输线模型计算比接触电阻率. 结果表明: 随着Ag厚度的增加, Ni/Ag/Ti/Au电极的反射率逐渐增大; 在氧气氛围中, 随着退火时间从1 min增至10 min, 300 ℃退火时, 比接触电阻率持续下降, 而对于400-600 ℃退火, 比接触电阻率先减小后增大; 在300和400 ℃氧气中进行1-10 min 的退火后, Ni/Ag/Ti/Au的反射率变化较小, 退火温度高于400 ℃时, 随着退火时间的增加, 反射率急剧下降; 在400 ℃氧气中3 min退火后, 比接触电阻率可以达到3.6×10^-3 Ω·cm². 此外, 适当提高沉积温度可以增加Ni/Ag/Ti/Au的反射率并降低比接触电阻率, 沉积温度为120 ℃条件下的Ni/Ag/Ti/Au电极在450 nm处反射率达到90.1%, 比接触电阻率为6.4×10^-3 Ω·cm². 综合考虑电学和光学性能, 在沉积温度为120 ℃下蒸镀Ni/Ag/Ti/Au (1/200/100/100 nm)并在400 ℃氧气中进行3 min退火可以得到较优化的电极. 利用此电极制作的垂直结构发光二极管在350 mA电流下的工作电压为2.95 V, 输出光功率为387.1 mW, 电光转换效率达到37.5%.     

AlGaN/GaN异质结Ni/Au肖特基表面处理及退火研究

采用O₂等离子体及HF溶液对AlGaN/GaN异质结材料进行表面处理后，Ni/Au肖特基接触特性比未处理有了明显改善，反向泄漏电流减小3个数量级.对制备的肖特基接触进行200—600℃ 5min的N₂气氛退火，发现退火冷却后肖特基反向泄漏电流随退火温度增大进一步减小.N₂气中600℃退火后肖特基二极管C-V特性曲线在不同频率下一致性变好，这表明退火中Ni向材料表面扩散减小了表面陷阱密度；C-V特性曲线随退火温度增大向右移动，从二维电子气耗尽电压绝对值减小反映了肖特基势垒的提高. 关键词： AlGaN/GaN 肖特基接触 表面处理 退火     

Ni/Au层对碳纳米管薄膜强流脉冲发射稳定性的影响

采用酞菁铁高温裂解法在镀有镍金缓冲层的硅基底上生长了碳纳米管薄膜(Ni/Au-CNT),并采用二极结构在相同的主Marx电压下研究了其强流脉冲发射稳定性.结果表明:在脉冲电压峰值为1.60～1.74 MV(对应的脉冲电场峰值为11.43～12.43 V/μm)时,Ni/Au-CNT薄膜首次发射的电流峰值可达331.2A;Ni/Au层不仅能提高CNT薄膜的强流脉冲发射电流峰值,还能提高其发射稳定性;当冷阴极重复脉冲发射7次时,Ni/Au-CNT的脉冲电流峰值衰减到初值的72％,而Ni-CNT和Si-CNT脉冲电流峰值分别衰减到初值的62％和32％.     

El Niño prediction and predictability

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is by far the most energetic, and at present also the most predictable, short-term fluctuation in the Earth’s climate system, though the limits of its predictability are still a subject of considerable debate. As a result of over two-decades of intensive observational, theoretical and modeling efforts, ENSO’s basic dynamics is now well understood and its prediction has become a routine practice at application centers all over the world. The predictability of ENSO largely stems from the ocean–atmosphere interaction in the tropical Pacific and the low-dimensional nature of this coupled system. Present ENSO forecast models, in spite of their vast differences in complexity, exhibit comparable predictive skills, which seem to have hit a plateau at moderate level. However, mounting evidence suggests that there is still room for improvement. In particular, better model initialization and data assimilation, better simulation of surface heat and freshwater fluxes, and better representation of the relevant processes outside of the tropical Pacific, could all lead to improved ENSO forecasts.     

基于I-V-T和C-V-T的GaN上Ni/Au肖特基接触特性研究

基于对制作在n-GaN上的肖特基二极管的变温,I-V测试和C-V测试,采用表面势垒减薄模型对肖特基二极管的电流输运特性进行了研究.试验结果表明,肖特基接触的电流输运机理非常复杂,在不同的温度条件和偏压条件下有着不同的电流输运机理.在此基础上对肖特基接触,I-V特性方程进行了修正,得到了很好的拟合曲线.试验表明,高温I-V法提取的势垒高度与常温C-V法提取的势垒高度接近于根据金属功函数得出的理论势垒高度值.