Electrical and microscopic characterization of ZnO films on p-SiC substrates

ZnO/p- SiC heterojunctions were fabricated by thermal evaporation from ZnO high quality powder (99.99%) onto 4H and 6H p-SiC polytypes. We find that, despite the low cost technique employed for the deposition of the ZnO film, the devices exhibited breakdown voltages in excess of 100 V, high rectification ratio (forward to reverse current ratio, I_F/I_R) and low leakage current, respectively, 2×10⁵ and 4.5×10⁻⁷ A/cm² (for the 4H p-SiC based device) and 5×10⁴ and 5×10⁻⁷ A/cm² (for the 6H p-SiC based device). The current-voltage (I×V) characteristics were also measured at the nanometer scale by means of conductive atomic force microscopy. A simple Schottky diode model and conductance divided by current versus conductance plots (G/I×G plots) was used to analyze device characteristics. This analysis shows that, when probing at the nanometric scale, fluctuations of the effective barrier height and/or surface states across individual grains or grain boundaries cause deviations from linear G/I×G plots. These fluctuations are smeared out when probing at the macroscale and thus it becomes possible to obtain linear plots and extract diode parameters.     

The effect of solute on ultrasonic grain refinement of magnesium alloys

An experimental study has been conducted to assess the structural refinement of magnesium and its alloys by ultrasonic irradiation during solidification. It is shown that (i) ultrasonic irradiation leads to significant refinement only in the presence of adequate solute, which is alloy dependent; (ii) the attendant grain density increases linearly with increase in solute content at a given irradiation level; (iii) increasing the solute content at a low irradiation level above the cavitation threshold is more effective than substantially increasing the irradiation intensity; and (iv) the difference in the grain size between two ultrasonicated magnesium alloys is mainly determined by the solute content rather than the irradiation intensity. In view of these, the effect of ultrasonic irradiation on solute redistribution in a solidifying magnesium alloy seems rather limited even at a substantial intensity level such as 1700 W cm⁻². The implications of these findings are discussed and a mechanism is proposed to account for the experimental observations.     

Pressure effect on grain boundary wetting at various temperatures

Bicrystals of Fe-6 at.% Si alloy containing <001> 5 tilt grain boundaries with a deposited zinc layer have been annealed at various hydrostatic pressure at four temperatures between 700° and 905°C. After the anneals the dihedral angle of the grain boundary groove formed at the site of the grain boundary intersection with the solid-melt interphase boundary has been measured. The transition from complete to incomplete wetting of the grain boundary by the zinc-rich melt (dewetting phase transition) has been found to occur as the pressure increased at all temperatures studied. The temperature dependence of the dewetting transition pressure p _w has been determined. That dependence has a minimum at a temperature of 790°C, which is close to the peritectic temperature in the Fe–Zn system (782°C). A thermodynamic analysis of the wetting phenomena in the two-component system, based on Becker's regular solution model for the surface tension of the interphase boundary, explains the minimum in the p _w (T) dependence.     

Atomistic simulations of elastic deformation and dislocation nucleation during nanoindentation

Nanoindentation experiments have shown that microstructural inhomogeneities across the surface of gold thin films lead to position-dependent nanoindentation behavior [Phys. Rev. B (2002), to be submitted]. The rationale for such behavior was based on the availability of dislocation sources at the grain boundary for initiating plasticity. In order to verify or refute this theory, a computational approach has been pursued. Here, a simulation study of the initial stages of indentation using the embedded atom method (EAM) is presented. First, the principles of the EAM are given, and a comparison is made between atomistic simulations and continuum models for elastic deformation. Then, the mechanism of dislocation nucleation in single crystalline gold is analyzed, and the effects of elastic anisotropy are considered. Finally, a systematic study of the indentation response in the proximity of a high angle, high sigma (low symmetry) grain boundary is presented; indentation behavior is simulated for varying indenter positions relative to the boundary. The results indicate that high angle grain boundaries are a ready source of dislocations in indentation-induced deformation.     

Sm, Pr掺杂CeO2和CeMoO15基固体电解质的结构与性能

采用溶胶凝胶法制备了Sm和Pr掺杂的CeO2和CeMoO15基固体电解质, 通过X射线衍射(XRD)、拉曼光谱(Raman)、场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)等手段对氧化物结构进行了分析, 用交流阻抗谱测试了其电性能, 并比较了不同基体及其掺杂体系的结构与电性能. 结果表明, Ce6MoO15基掺杂体系的导电性能高于CeO2基掺杂体系; 元素Mo的加入使Ce6MoO15基材料的晶粒尺寸增大, 晶界相成分减少, 材料的晶界电导率增加, 600 ℃以下材料导电性能明显提高; Pr的掺入减小了材料的晶粒尺寸, 提高了材料的晶界电导率.     

不同方法对青海粮食产需水平的预测分析

本文运用灰色预测系统，三次指数平滑法和多元回归法，对在正常年景下２０００年，２００５年和２０１０年青海粮食产需水平进行预测，并对结果作出分析讨论。     

Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9-La0.95Sr0.05Ga0.9Mg0.1O3-δ固体复合电解质的结构和电性能

采用溶胶-凝胶法分别制备La_0.95Sr_0.05Ga_0.9Mg_0.1O_3-δ (LSGM)和Ce_0.8Nd_0.2O_1.9 (NDC)电解质,并在NDC溶胶中加入0-15% (w,质量分数)的LSGM预烧粉体制得NDC-LSGM复合电解质,研究不同质量比复合电解质的结构和电性能. 采用X射线衍射(XRD)、场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)和X能量色散谱仪(EDS)对样品进行结构表征,交流(AC)阻抗谱测试样品导电性能. 结果表明：NDC-LSGM复合体系主要由立方萤石结构相、钙钛矿结构相和杂质相组成;LSGM的添加可促进晶粒的生长,产生大量相界面,清除或降低SiO₂有害影响,明显提高晶界导电性;LSGM质量分数为10%的样品NL10 具有最高晶界电导率和总电导率,400 ℃时NL10 的晶界电导率σ_gb和总电导率σ_t分别为12.15×10^-4和3.49×10^-4 S·cm^-1,与NDC的σ_gb (1.41×10^-4 S·cm^-1)和σ_t (1.20×10^-4 S·cm^-1)相比分别提高了7.62和1.91倍,总电导率的提高主要归因于晶界电导率的影响.     

粮食中磺酰脲类除草剂的UPLC/MS/MS测定方法

建立了多类粮食作物中15种磺酰脲类除草剂的超高效液相色谱-串联质谱联用仪(UPLC/MS/MS)多离子监测(MRM)的多残留检测方法。样品经乙腈提取,乙腈饱和的正己烷液-液分配,石墨化碳氨基小柱净化,采用UPLC-MS/MS(ESI+)测定。方法中各种磺酰脲类除草剂在5～200μg/L浓度范围内线性良好,相关系数在0.9995～0.9999。在5～100μg/kg范围内,平均加标回收率在71.6%～115.3%之间,相对标准偏差不大于15%。各种药物的定量限(S/N≥10)均可达到5μg/kg。该方法可同时满足大豆、大米、玉米等多种粮食中磺酰脲类除草剂的检测需求。     

含He纳米钛膜的XRD研究

本文采用直流磁控溅射方法,在He／Ar混合气氛中,通过分别改变He／Ar流量比和沉积偏压制备不同He含量的钛膜。利用XRD(X-ray diffraction)对含He钛膜的微观结构和晶粒尺寸进行了研究。结果表明,在其它实验参数不变的情况下,当He／Ar流量比从1.0增加到25时,钛膜的平均晶粒尺寸从19.02nm减小到8.63nm。随着膜中He含量的增加,衍射峰宽化,晶粒细化,He的掺入有抑制纳米晶粒长大的趋势。而当沉积偏压从24V增加到151V时,其平均晶粒尺寸基本不变。He引入引起了（002）晶面衍射峰向小角度移动,晶格参数c增加,而a不变。     

Study on Deformation of Polycrystalline Aluminum Alloy Using Moiré Interferometry

Polycrystalline aluminum alloy is manufactured by annealing, compared to the width of the specimen, the size of the grains can not be omitted, which makes the specimen anisotropic. Under uniaxial tension, the deformation field is inhomogeneous. In this study, moiré interferometry is successfully applied to measure the deformation of the polycrystalline specimen. The experimental results presented the stress versus strain responses of the marked grains in different orientations and different shapes. By using fringe centering method, the strain distributions under certain load in the centers and on the boundaries of the grains are analyzed.