Super-hydrophilic properties of TiO2-DLC nanocomposite films fabricated by the simple electrochemical process

Anatase TiO₂ nanoparticles incorporated DLC films were successfully deposited on single crystalline silicon substrates by the electrolysis of TiO₂-methanol solution under ambient atmospheric pressure and low temperature. Anatase TiO₂ nanoparticles were embedded into amorphous carbon matrix, forming the typical nanocrystalline/amorphous nanocomposite films, confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TiO₂ incorporation effectively increased the sp³-hybridized carbon concentration in the composite film, and further regulated the microstructure and surface morphology. Furthermore, the static contact testing completely displayed, TiO₂ incorporation got the composite films super-hydrophilic, which fundamentally improved the wetting ability of DLC film.     

+3价离子掺杂钨酸铅晶体发光性能和微观缺陷的研究

通过透射光谱、x射线激发发射光谱（XSL）的测试，研究了Bridgman法生长的几种不同+3价离子掺杂钨酸铅晶体的发光性能，并利用正电子湮没寿命谱（PAT）和x光电子能谱（XPS）的实验手段，对不同钨酸铅晶体的微观缺陷进行研究.实验表明，不同的+3价离子掺杂，对钨酸铅晶体发光性能的改善不同，并使得晶体中正电子俘获中心和低价氧的浓度发生不同变化.其中掺镧晶体的正电子俘获中心和低价氧浓度均上升，而掺钇和掺铋晶体的正电子俘获中心和低价氧浓度均下降，掺锑晶体则出现了正电子俘获中心浓度上升、低价氧浓度下降的情况.提 关键词： 钨酸铅晶体 +3价离子掺杂 正电子湮没寿命谱 x光电子能谱     

A Surface Mounting Embedded Optical Transceiver with Bi-Directional Data Rate of Eight Channels × 10 Gbps

Abstract

The bi-directional data rate is investigated of an eight-channel × 10-Gbps optical transceiver with a size of 15 mm × 15 mm × 6 mm and ball grid array package form that was designed and fabricated. A passive optical coupling method is designed based on a coupling lens array, which is transformed to substrate through a carrier. This electrical performance is characterized through a 3D full wave simulation and shows great advantages compared with traditional pluggable optical transceivers. Experimental eye diagram measurement in loop-back mode via a 2-m-long multi-mode fiber array shows an eye width of 51.984 ps at a bit-error rate order of 10^?12, which proves the transceiver's ability for 10.3125-Gbps data transmission.     

Improving the resolution and the uniformity of AFM tip induced oxide patterns with pulsed voltages

Oxide line patterns were fabricated on the surface of titanium (Ti) film using atomic force microscopy (AFM) tip induced local oxidation technique. The growth behavior of the oxide under static voltages was studied. It was found the lateral growth of the oxide experienced two stages and the growth rate at the initial stage was very high. Pulsed voltages were employed and their effects on the controlling of the oxidation dynamics were examined. The results indicated that the high lateral and vertical growth rates of oxide at the initial stage could be suppressed with pulsed voltages. A minimum line width of 8 nm and highly uniform patterns were obtained with optimized voltage pulses. These results indicated that applying pulsed voltage is an effective method for improving both the resolution and the uniformity of the fabricated structures with scanning probe microscopy (SPM) tip induced local oxidation technique.     

Effect of Mn doping on the microstructures and photoluminescence properties of CBD derived ZnO nanorods

Mn-doped ZnO nanorods were synthesized from aqueous solutions of zinc nitrate hexahydrate, manganese nitrate and methenamine by the chemical solution deposition method (CBD). Their microstructures, morphologies and optical properties were studied in detail. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results illustrated that all the diffraction peaks can be indexed to ZnO with the hexagonal wurtzite structure. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) results showed that the average diameter of Mn-doped ZnO nanorods was larger than that of the undoped one. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra indicated that manganese doping suppressed the emission intensity and caused the blue shift of UV emission position compared with the undoped ZnO nanorods. In the Raman spectrum of Mn-doped ZnO nanorods, an additional mode at about 525 cm⁻¹ appeared which was significantly enhanced and broadened with the increase of Mn doping concentration.     

Facile controlled synthesis of micro/nanostructure MCrO4 (M = Ba, Pb) by using Gemini surfactant C12-PEG-C12 as a soft template

Gemini surfactants, double sodium α-sulfonic polyethylene glycol laurate (abbreviated C₁₂-PEG-C₁₂), were prepared and applied as soft templates in the controlled synthesis of BaCrO₄ and PbCrO₄ micro/nanocrystals. The template effects were investigated by adjusting the length of the spacer, using PEG400 and PEG4000, of the Gemini surfactant. The results indicated that the size and morphology of BaCrO₄ and PbCrO₄ micro/nanocrystals varied with the change in spacer length of C₁₂-PEG-C₁₂, suggesting that the different lengths of the polyethylene glycol group spacers in the Gemini surfactants played a key role in determining the size and shape of the MCrO₄ micro/nanoparticles. The dynamic process of the formation of the novel morphology BaCrO₄ crystals showed that the morphology grew from a round-bar polyhedron, to regular polyhedron, to approximate octahedron to a uniform pistachio nut shape. The growth mechanism of the BaCrO₄ micro/nanocrystals was explained that C₁₂-PEG-C₁₂ had a greater interfacial adsorption and would effectively control the shape evolution during the crystal growth, while PbCrO₄ could be explained that the Gemini surfactants can undergo liquid-crystalline phase transitions with long channels providing a soft template effect and derived the nanorods formation. Room temperature fluorescence spectra were studied and these showed that the pistachio-shaped BaCrO₄ microcrystals and PbCrO₄ nanorods possess photoactive luminescence properties with emission peaks at 470 and 549 nm, respectively.     

Solvothermal synthesis and characterization of CdSe nanocrystals with controllable phase and morphology

Zinc blende (ZB) CdSe hollow nanospheres were solvothermally synthesized from the reaction of Cd(NO₃)₂·4H₂O with a homogeneously secondary Se source, which was first prepared by dissolving Se powder in the mixture of ethanol and oleic acid at 205 °C. As Se power directly reacted with Cd(NO₃)₂·4H₂O in the above mixed solvents, wurtzite (W) CdSe solid nanoparticles were produced. Time-dependent experiments suggested that the formation of CdSe hollow nanospheres was attributed to an inside-out Ostwald ripening process. The influences of reaction time, temperature and ethanol/oleic acid volume ratio on the morphology, phase and size of the hollow nanospheres were also studied. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy investigations revealed that oleic acid with long alkene chains behaved as a reducing agent to reduce Se powder to Se²⁻ in the synthesis. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements showed that the ZB CdSe hollow nanospheres presented an obvious blue-shifted emission by 42 nm, and the W CdSe solid nanoparticles exhibited a band gap emission of bulk counterpart.     

Soliton control in optical lattices with periodic modulation of nonlinearity coefficient

We address the dynamics of solitons in the optical lattices with periodic modulation of the nonlinearity coefficient. Based on the quasi-particle approach, the properties of fundamental soliton localized in optical lattices are theoretically analyzed and shown its potential application for controllable soliton switching. Moreover, the phenomena of multi-soliton splitting and the single-soliton constituent trapping in the optical lattices are illustrated and discussed.     

Defect-Induced intrinsic magnetism in wide-gap III nitrides

Cation-vacancy induced intrinsic magnetism in GaN and BN is investigated by employing density-functional theory based electronic structure methods. The strong localization of defect states favors spontaneous spin polarization and local moment formation. A neutral cation vacancy in GaN or BN leads to the formation of a net moment of 3 muB with a spin-polarization energy of about 0.5 eV at the low density limit. The extended tails of defect wave functions, on the other hand, mediate surprisingly long-range magnetic interactions between the defect-induced moments. This duality of defect states suggests the existence of defect-induced or mediated collective magnetism in these otherwise nonmagnetic sp systems.