ZnO nanowire array ultraviolet photodetectors with self-powered properties

A ZnO nanowire (NW) array ultraviolet photodetector (PD) with Pt Schottky contacts has been fabricated on a glass substrate. Under UV light illumination, this PD showed a high photo-to-dark current ratio of 892 at 30 V bias. Interestingly, it was also found that this PD had a high sensitivity of 475 without external bias. This phenomenon could be explained by the asymmetric Schottky barrier height (SBH) at the two ends causing different separation efficiency of photogenerated electron–hole pairs, which resulted in the formation of photocurrent. It is anticipated to have potential applications in self-powered UV detection field.     

TC corrections to tt̄ production at photon colliders in topcolor-assisted multiscale technicolor model

TC(technicolor) corrections to tt? production in high-energy photon-photon collision are calculated in the topcolor-assisted multiscale technicolor(TOPCMTC) model. We find that the contribution of the technipions to the production cross section of the process γγ → tt? is very small. The relative corrections to the production cross section mainly come from the top-pions, which may be observable at future e ⁺ e ^-. linear collider.     

Magnetic alignment in nominally non-magnetic hexagonal metal hydrides: NMR

Powders of three hexagonal metal-hydrides or -deuterides are found to align in 4.4–8.3 T magnetic fields used for NMR. The field-alignment is unexpected, since all three systems have very small susceptibilities, as demonstrated by sharp NMR lines. The extent of alignment runs from nearly complete to barely detectable in ZrBe₂(H,D)_x, LuD₃, and YD₃, respectively. The preferred alignment direction in ZrBe₂(H,D)_x is with the crystallites’ c-axis perpendicular to B, while the c-axis and B tend to be parallel in LuD₃ and YD₃. The susceptibilities χ_|| and χ are determined from bulk magnetization measurements in aligned ZrBe₂H_1.4 powder. The alignment must be considered for proper analysis of NMR spectra in these and related materials.     

First-principle study on the effect of high Li-2N co-doping on the conductivity of ZnO

Based on the density functional theory (DFT), using first-principles plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential method, the models of the unit cell of pure ZnO and two highly Li-2N co-doped supercells of Zn_0.9375Li_0.0625O_0.875N_0.125 and Zn_0.9167Li_0.0833O_0.8333N_0.1667 were constructed, and the geometry optimization for the three models was carried out. The total density of states (TDOS) and the band structures (BS) were also calculated. The calculation results showed that in the range of high doping concentration, when the co-doping concentration is more than a certain value, the conductivity decreased with the increase of co-doping concentration of Li-2N in ZnO, which agrees with the change trend of the experimental results.     

Structural and electronic properties of neutral clusters Ga12X (X=C, Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb) and their anions from first principles

The structural and electronic properties of neutral and negatively charged Ga₁₂X (X=C, Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb) clusters are calculated by the first-principles method. The results show that the most stable symmetry depends on the doped atom rather than the geometry structure. However, the geometry symmetry plays an important role in calculating the energy gap. In addition, in the anionic clusters, the added electron would reduce the energy gap by about 0.4 eV. As for the density of states (DOS), clusters with the same symmetry show a similar trend of DOS. The major impact on DOS by adding an electron is the occurrence of relative energy shift.     

光折变材料的带隙结构研究

利用光子晶体的概念和时域有限差分方法计算了当光折变材料的空间折射率呈一维正弦变化时其内部的带隙结构情况,表明在光折变材料中存在极窄的光子带隙。最后讨论了折射率(n)、折射率调制幅度(△n)、周期长度(D)及周期数(N)对光子带隙的影响。     

Speckle reduction of SAR images using ICA basis enhancement and separation

An approach for synthetic aperture radax (SAR) image de-noising based on independent component analysis (ICA) basis images is proposed. Firstly, the basis images and the code matrix of the original image are obtained using ICA algorithm. Then, pointwise H(o)lder exponent of each basis is computed as a cost criterion for basis enhancement, and then the enhanced basis images are classified into two sets according to a separation rule which separates the clean basis from the original basis. After these key procedures for speckle reduction, the clean image is finally obtained by reconstruction on the clean basis and original code matrix. The reconstructed image shows better visual perception and image quality compared with those obtained by other traditional techniques.     

对巯基苯甲酸在电化学沉积金膜表面的SERS研究

SERS技术由于具有高灵敏度的表面效应,能够检测吸附在金属表面的单分子层或亚单分子层的分子,并能给出丰富的分子结构信息,因而己被广泛应用于界面科学以及定性和定量分析科学领域之中。本文在制备电化学沉积金纳米薄膜的基础上,利用扫描电镜观察金纳米薄膜的形貌,通过分析对巯基苯甲酸在电化学沉积金膜表面的SERS光谱,研究对巯基苯甲酸在金纳米薄膜表面的吸附方式。由SERS光谱分析,我们推断出对巯基苯甲酸可能通过羧基和S原子共同作用吸附在金纳米颗粒表面,且苯环平面可能与金薄膜表面成一定倾斜角。     

170 keV Proton radiation effects on low-frequency noise of bipolar junction transistors

In this paper, the electrical properties and low-frequency noise for bipolar junction transistors irradiated by 170?keV proton are examined. The result indicates that for the sample under proton irradiation with fluence 1.25?×?10^14?p/cm², base current I_B in low bias range (V_BE < 0.7?V) increases due to superimposition of radiation-induced recombination current, while the gain decreases significantly. Meanwhile, the low-frequency noise increases in the proton-irradiated sample. By analysis of evolution of parameters extracted from low-frequency noise power spectra, it is demonstrated that radiation-induced noise is mainly originated from carrier fluctuation modulated by generation–recombination centers (G–R centers) located at the interface of Si/SiO₂, which are introduced by proton-radiation-induced defects. It is also confirmed that the electrical properties and noise behavior of irradiated sample are mostly affected by the carrier recombination process caused by G–R centers at the interface of Si/SiO₂ than by G–R centers in EB junctions.     

场诱导下自旋冰系统[111]方向磁相变过程的蒙特卡洛模拟

自旋冰系统因为具有与固体水(冰Ih)中氢原子构型相同的自旋排列局域规则而具有宏观量子简并的基态,即使十分接近零温也不会达到长程磁有序态.外场的诱导将破坏基态的简并而使系统达到长程磁有序.我们在最近邻铁磁相互作用的简化模型下用蒙特卡洛方法模拟了自旋冰系统在[111]方向外场下的磁相变行为.分别给出了不同温度和不同相互作用强度下的磁化曲线,分析了系统的磁化过程中自旋的取向得有序程度以及相变,探讨了相互作用强度对系统磁相变行为的影响.