Evolution of self-assembled Ge/Si island grown by ion beam sputtering deposition

The effect of temperature and Ge coverage on the evolution of self-assembled Ge/Si islands grown by ion beam sputtering deposition is studied. Atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy are used to analyze the island morphology and the intermixing between Si and Ge. The experiments are presented in two aspects. First, when the temperature is increased, intermixing is promoted, resulting in the reappearance of low aspect ratio islands. Second, a different evolution pathway is observed, in which short islands initially don’t grow along the constant ratio of 11:1 (diameter:height) and the islands always grow faster in vertical direction. In summary, the interdiffusion, surface diffusion, and amount of Ge determines the evolution of Ge/Si islands.     

改进锂离子电池正极材料磷酸锰锂电化学性能的研究进展

磷酸锰锂(LiMnPO4)是一种非常有前途的锂离子电池正极材料,它具有理论容量高、工作电压高、成本低和对环境友好等优点。然而,该材料存在电子电导率低和锂离子扩散慢的问题,导致其电化学活性非常低。尽管可以通过碳包覆、离子掺杂或替换、晶粒纳米化等方法改进LiMnPO4的电化学性能,但是,高倍率性能低等仍然是阻碍该材料实际应用的主要问题,如何提高LiMnPO4的电化学反应动力学性能,特别同时提高其电子电导率和锂离子扩散能力仍是该领域亟待解决的关键问题,本文就国内外近年有关改进锂离子电池正极材料磷酸锰锂电化学性能的研究进展进行一个简短总结。     

Indium oxide co-doped with tin and zinc: A simple route to highly conducting high density targets for TCO thin-film fabrication

Indium oxide co-doped with tin and zinc (ITZO) ceramics have been successfully prepared by direct sintering of the powders mixture at 1300 °C. This allowed us to easily fabricate large highly dense target suitable for sputtering transparent conducting oxide (TCO) films, without using any cold or hot pressing techniques. Hence, the optimized ITZO ceramic reaches a high relative bulk density (∼ 92% of In₂O₃ theoretical density) and higher than the well-known indium oxide doped with tin (ITO) prepared under similar conditions. All X-ray diagrams obtained for ITZO ceramics confirms a bixbyte structure typical for In₂O₃ only. This indicates a higher solubility limit of Sn and Zn when they are co-doped into In₂O₃ forming a solid-solution. A very low value of electrical resistivity is obtained for [In₂O₃:Sn_0.10]:Zn_0.10 (1.7 × 10⁻³ Ω cm, lower than ITO counterpart) which could be fabricated to high dense ceramic target suing pressure-less sintering.     

A facile route for rapid synthesis of cubic mesoporous silica

Ordered SBA-16-type mesoporous silica materials (MSMs) have been rapidly synthesized under weak acidic media in the presence of phosphomolybdic acid (abbreviated to HPMo) and inorganic salts (NaCl, Na₂SO₄, KCl and K₂SO₄) by using nonionic triblock copolymer F127 as a structure directing agent and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as a silica source. Both HPMo and inorganic salts play a crucial role in promoting SBA-16-type MSMs formation, and the reaction products have still retained an ordered body-centered cubic (Im3m) mesostructure after treated with 100 °C water for 120 h. The high hydrothermal stability of reaction products might be attributed to the higher degree of polymerization and condensation of silanol groups, arisen from the synergistic effect of rapid nucleation with the aid of HPMo and salt effect during the crystallization process.     

Photoluminescence in Gd2O3: Er3+, Yb3+ upconversion inverse opal

Photoluminescence properties of Gd₂O₃: Er³⁺, Yb³⁺ upconversion inverse opal photonic crystals were investigated. The photoluminescence spectra of the inverse opal show strong dependence on upconversion emission intensity and the corresponding photonic band-gaps of the inverse opal. Significant suppression of the green or red upconversion emission was observed if the photonic band-gap overlaps with the Er³⁺ ions emission band. The color purity of the red or green emission was improved in the inverse opal by the suppression of green or red UC emission. We believe that the present work will be valuable for not only the foundational study of upconversion emission modification but also new optical devices in upconversion lighting and display.     

Infrared broadband emission of bismuth–thulium co-doped lanthanum–aluminum–silica glasses

The Bi–Tm co-doped SiO₂–Al₂O₃–La₂O₃ (SAL) glasses, which exhibited a broadband near-infrared (NIR) emission was investigated by the optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra. The super broadband near-infrared emission from 1000 to 2100 nm, which covered the whole O, E, S, C and L bands, was observed in the Bi–Tm co-doped samples, as a result of the overlap of the Bi-related emission band (centered at 1270 nm) and the emission from Tm^{3+ 3}H₄→³F₄ transition (1440 nm) as well as Tm^{3+ 3}F₄→³H₆ transition (1800 nm). Relative luminescence intensity at 1270, 1440 and 1800 nm wavelength varied depending on the mixing ratio of Bi and Tm and the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) extending from 1000 to 1600 nm could be 400 nm. These results indicated that Bi–Tm co-doped SiO₂–Al₂O₃–La₂O₃ glasses could provide potential applications in tunable lasers as well as the broadband optical amplifiers in WDM system.     

Investigation of luminescence properties in SiO2: Tb,Yb upconversion inverse opal

The SiO₂: Tb, Yb inverse opals with photonic band gap at 465 or 543 nm were prepared, and an effect of photonic band gap on upconversion spontaneous emission from Tb³⁺ was investigated. The results show that the photonic band gap has a significant influence on the upconversion emission of the SiO₂: Tb, Yb inverse opals. The upconversion luminescence of the Tb³⁺ ions is suppressed in the inverse opal compared with the luminescence of that of the reference sample.     

离子液体存在下银的电沉积及其表面增强拉曼散射活性研究

离子液体作为一种绿色介质,在电化学领域的应用研究正在兴起,并已引起了研究者的浓厚兴趣。运用循环伏安法研究了离子液体(1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑硝酸盐,[bmim]NO₃)添加剂存在时,AgNO₃溶液中的Ag在玻碳电极上的电化学沉积行为。研究表明,离子液体的加入对Ag的沉积具有阻化作用。采用扫描电镜(SEM)对沉积层的表面形貌进行表征,结果显示离子液体的存在可使沉积层更加致密,Ag颗粒的尺寸减小。以甲基橙为探针分子,研究了在加入及不加[bmim]NO₃添加剂的AgNO₃溶液中电沉积所得银颗粒膜的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)效应,增强因子分别为1.7×105和1.1×105,表明在离子液体存在下制得的Ag颗粒膜具有相对较好的SERS活性。     

Existence and breaking property of real loop-solutions of two nonlinear wave equations

Dynamical analysis has revealed that, for some nonlinear wave equations, loop- and inverted loop-soliton solutions are actually visual artifacts. The so-called loopsoliton solution consists of three solutions, and is not a real solution. This paper answers the question as to whether or not nonlinear wave equations exist for which a ＂real＂ loopsolution exists, and if so, what are the precise parametric representations of these loop traveling wave solutions.     

Exact traveling wave solutions to 2D-generalized Benney-Luke equation

By using the dynamical system method to study the 2D-generalized Benney- Luke equation, the existence of kink wave solutions and uncountably infinite many smooth periodic wave solutions is shown. Explicit exact parametric representations for solutions of kink wave, periodic wave and unbounded traveling wave are obtained.