A complete optical characterization in the visible region of thin copper oxide films has been performed by ellipsometry. Copper
oxide films of various thicknesses were grown on thick copper films by low temperature thermal oxidation at 125 °C in air
for different time intervals. The thickness and optical constants of the copper oxide films were determined in the visible
region by ellipsometric measurements. It was found that a linear time law is valid for the oxide growth in air at 125 °C.
The spectral behaviour of the optical constants and the value of the band gap in the oxide films determined by ellipsometry
in this study are in agreement with the behaviour of those of Cu2O, which have been obtained elsewhere through reflectance and transmittance methods. The band gap of copper oxide, determined
from the spectral behaviour of the absorption coefficient was about 2 eV, which is the generally accepted value for Cu2O. It was therefore concluded that the oxide composition of the surface film grown on copper is in the form of Cu2O (cuprous oxide). It was also shown that the reflectance spectra of the copper oxide–copper structures exhibit behaviour
expected from a single layer antireflection coating of Cu2O on Cu.
Received: 19 July 2001 / Accepted: 27 July 2001 / Published online: 17 October 2001 相似文献
Using the Pirogov–Sinai theory, we study finite-size effects for the ferromagnetic q-state Potts model in a cube with boundary conditions that interpolate between free and constant boundary conditions. If the surface coupling is about half of the bulk coupling and q is sufficiently large, we show that only small perturbations of the ordered and disordered ground states are dominant contributions to the partition function in a finite but large volume. This allows a rigorous control of the finite-size effects for these weak boundary conditions. In particular, we give explicit formulæ for the rounding of the infinite-volume jumps of the internal energy and magnetization, as well as the position of the maximum of the finite-volume specific heat. While the width of the rounding window is of order L–d, the same as for periodic boundary conditions, the shift is much larger, of order L–1. For strong boundary conditions—the surface coupling is either close to zero or close to the bulk coupling—the finite size effects at the transition point are shown to be dominated by either the disordered or the ordered phase, respectively. In particular, it means that sufficiently small boundary fields lead to the disordered, and not to the ordered Gibbs state. This gives an explicit proof of A. van Enter's result that the phase transition in the Potts model is not robust. 相似文献
The influence of 200 keV Ar-ion irradiation on the interlayer coupling in the Fe/Cr multilayer system exhibiting the giant magnetoresistance effect (GMR) is studied by conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (CEMS), VSM hysteresis loops, magnetoresistivity and electric resistivity measurements and supplemented by the small-angle X-ray diffraction (SAXRD). The increase of Ar ion dose causes an increase of interface roughness, as evidenced by the increase of the Fe step-sites detected by CEMS as a result of which the GMR gradually decreases and vanishes at doses exceeding 1×1014 Ar/cm2. A degradation of GMR with increasing Ar-ion dose is related to the formation of pinholes between Fe layers and the decrease of the antiferromagnetically coupled fraction.
The corrosion reaction of four Fe–Mn–Al alloys exposed to a cycling, dry–humid, SO2 (0.001% by volume) polluted atmosphere was studied. ICEMS, XPS, AES-SAM and transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy at different temperatures were employed to characterize the corrosion products. The analytical results indicate that (i) ferrihydrite is the main component of the rust; (ii) there is an abundant presence of Mn2+ and SO32–/SO42– on the top of the corrosion layer, the concentration of SO42– increasing with the number of cycles; and (iii) the magnetic hyperfine pattern exhibited by the series of low-temperature spectra of the rust is quite different from that observed in the rust formed under similar corrosive environments on iron and weathering steel. This latter finding is correlated with a slow rate of transformation of the Fe3+ species formed at the early stages of corrosion into -FeOOH, the usual final product of this type of corrosion processes. The sulphate anions, abundant inside the electrolyte during the wet periods, could be incorporated to the ferrihydrite structure being responsible for the Mössbauer spectral pattern recorded from the corrosion products at low temperatures. 相似文献
Laser driven shocks can lead to a dynamic failure, called film spallation. Here, we use a modified laser spallation set-up
to measure the dynamic adhesion of thin films and we propose a novel diagnostic technology. Based on correlation theory, new
spallation criteria for characterizing the progressive damage at the interface between the film and the substrate are established,
such as interface delamination, film spallation and film expulsion. With the help of the theory, the degree of damage and
the dimension of damage (i.e. fracture), such as the minimum width of delamination radius, the thickness of the film etc.,
are estimated. Experiments are carried out on epoxy/stainless steel and epoxy/Al, and the experimental results show that their
dynamic bonding strengths are about 25 MPa and 20 MPa, respectively. The detailed results, analyses and discussions are presented
in this paper.
Received: 6 February 2001 / Accepted: 3 December 2001 / Published online: 11 February 2002 相似文献