Pre- and post-breakdown electrical studies in ultrathin Al2O3 films by conductive atomic force microscopy

The loss of local dielectric integrity in ultrathin Al₂O₃ films grown by atomic layer deposition is investigated using conducting atomic force microscopy. I–V spectra acquired at different regions of the samples by constant and ramping voltage stress are analyzed for their pre- and post-breakdown signatures. Based on these observations, the thickness dependent dielectric reliability and failure mechanism are discussed. Our results show that remarkable enhancement in breakdown electric field as high as 130 MV/cm is observed for ultrathin films of thickness less than 1 nm.     

新概念晶体提拉方法及其可能的应用简介

介绍了一种利用金属材料的热膨胀而产生的位移代替传统的机械电机提拉晶体的新方法,可以预见这种新型提拉方法既可以消除晶体提拉过程中由于拉速的不平滑而引进的晶体生长条纹,同时也可以作为研究晶体生长机理的有力工具,另一方面,该方法可以用来提拉这样的一灰晶体,这种晶体溶质的浓度周期地分布于其中,且其周期远小于用机械电机所提拉的晶体溶质浓度的周期,同时,另一种新颖的控温方式被首次提出,即先把金属棒加热膨胀至一定的长度再冷却使之收缩,由于这种控温方式温度波动极端微小,使得金属棒收缩所产生的位移随时间的变化率达到微观的平滑极限。     

力调制显微术在台阶边缘附近的边界效应

力调制显微术被用于观测铜基碳化硅样品,实验中发现在样品表面台阶边缘处出现一些异常信息。为此,文章作者通过测试一种表面同样有台阶但却是由同一种材料组成的样品来通信验证这些异常主要是由台阶的边界引起的,并对引起的异常作了半定量的估算。     

Influence of the blend compatibility on the morphology of thin polymer blend films

Thin films of incompatible polymer blends can form a variety of structures on preparation. For the polymer blend system consisting of two poly(styrene-co-para-bromo-styrene)s at different degrees of bromination, PBr_xS/PBr_yS, the compatibility can be tuned through a variation of the difference in the degree of bromination. Within this blend system, two series of samples with different compatibilities were investigated at various blend compositions. The surface morphology of the thin films was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements, while diffuse X-ray scattering provided additional depth sensitivity at a comparable lateral resolution. The results are indicative for phase separation lateral, as well as perpendicular, to the sample surface.     

Micromechanics of polymers

Polymers possess a very large inherent capacity for property modifications. The bridge between structure or morphology and mechanical properties is created by the micromechanical processes of deformation and fracture, the “micromechanics.” Developments mainly in electron microscopy (EM) (scanning, transmission, and high-voltage electron microscopy) and scanning force microscopy (SFM) opened up a wide range of experiments previously impossible, including the in situ study of micromechanical processes. These new techniques are reviewed and used to study micromechanical properties of amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers and several toughened polymers. On the basis of the detailed knowledge of micromechanical mechanisms, a new method of polymer modification becomes a realistic possibility, a method of micromechanical construction of new polymeric systems.     

An effective force field for molecular dynamics simulations of dimethyl sulfone

A rigid five-site united atom model for dimethyl sulfone (DMSO₂) compatible with the GROMOS force field is parametrized and tested. The parameters were optimized with respect to experimental quantities such as liquid density, heat of vaporization, shear viscosity and excess free energy. Good agreement with pure component properties is achieved except for the static dielectric permittivity which is calculated too low. Together with the SPC model for water the new DMSO₂ model was used to study aqueous mixtures at low concentrations and compared to aqueous mixtures of DMSO. It is concluded that interaction parameters for sulfoxide oxygen are not directly transferable to sulfonyl oxygen.     

Calculation of the Interatomic Force Constants of Pyrazole

In the frame of a more complete study on the tautomery of the pyrazolines-5-ones, the authors determined the normal vibration modes of pyrazole. They calculate the interatomic force constants by means of a “simplex” optimisation procedure (1).     

Density Waves in One-Dimensional Granular Flows Driven by Non-Uniform Force Field

We introduce a non-uniform gravity-like force field to control the granular flow state in a quasi-onedimensional system, and study the system by the molecular dynamics simulation. We find that the granular flow under non-uniform force field can be well described by a density wave with fixed time period if a fixed particle number condition is used. The base frequency of the density wave does not depend on the position of the flow, while both the average density and oscillation amplitude of the flow vary continuously with the position. The formation of the density wave results from the aggregation of the granules in the decelerated region and the feed-back mechanism in the fixed particle number condition.     

Electro–magnetic control of shear flow over a cylinder for drag reduction and lift enhancement

In this paper, the electro-magnetic control of a cylinder wake in shear flow is investigated numerically. The effects of the shear rate and Lorentz force on the cylinder wake, the distribution of hydrodynamic force, and the drag/lift phase diagram are discussed in detail. It is revealed that Lorentz force can be classified into the field Lorentz force and the wall Lorentz force and they affect the drag and lift forces independently. The drag/lift phase diagram with a shape of ＂8＂ consists of two closed curves, which correspond to the halves of the shedding cycle dominated by the upper and lower vortices respectively. The free stream shear （K 〉 0） induces the diagram to move downward and leftward, so that the average lift force directs toward the downside. With the upper Lorentz force, the diagram moves downwards and to the right by the field Lorentz force, thus resulting in the drag increase and the lift reduction, whereas it moves upward and to the left by the wall Lorentz force, leading to the drag reduction and the lift increase. Finally the diagram is dominated by the wall Lorentz force, thus moving upward and leftward. Therefore the upper Lorentz force, which enhances the lift force, can be used to overcome the lift loss due to the free stream shear, which is also obtained in the experiment.     

LED毫伏级待测电动势实验仪的设计及其稳定性的研究

为了满足电位差计实验对毫伏级待测电动势需求,设计了LED毫伏级待测电动势实验仪,并对其稳定性进行了研究.待测电动势实验仪是通过光电转换来实现的,输出的毫伏级电动势在电位差计实验仪的各个测量点都能稳定,能够满足箱式电位差计测量范围和精度要求,是比较理想的箱式电位差计实验配套仪器,能够大大提高学生的实验效率和教师对实验设计的选择性,实验效果良好.