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The Effect of Yttrium Addition on the Microstructures and Electrical Properties of CuMn Alloy Thin Films

In this study, we fabricated thin-film resistors using CuMn and yttrium targets by DC/RF magnetron cosputtering. CuMnY-resistive thin films were deposited onto glass and Al2O3 substrates. The electrical properties and microstructures of CuMn alloy films wi ...

Hindawi Limited2019

A Study on the Characteristics of Cu-Mn-Dy Alloy Resistive Thin Films

Ho-Yun Lee

Cu-Mn-Dy resistive thin films were prepared on glass and Al2O3 substrates, which was achieved by co-sputtering the Cu-Mn alloy and dysprosium targets. The effects of the addition of dysprosium on the electrical properties and microstructures of annealed Cu ...

2019

How collective asperity detachments nucleate slip at frictional interfaces

Matthieu Wyart, Thomas Willem Jan de Geus, Wencheng Ji, Marko Popovic

Sliding at a quasi-statically loaded frictional interface can occur via macroscopic slip events, which nucleate locally before propagating as rupture fronts very similar to fracture. We introduce a microscopic model of a frictional interface that includes ...

NATL ACAD SCIENCES2019

Second- and third-order nonlinear wavelength conversion in an all-optically poled Si3N4 waveguide

Tobias Kippenberg, Camille Sophie Brès, Davide Grassani, Martin Hubert Peter Pfeiffer

Silicon nitride (Si3N4) is commonly employed to integrate third-order nonlinear optical processes on a chip. Its amorphous state, however, inhibits significant second-order nonlinear response. Recently, second-harmonic generation enhancement has been obser ...

2019

From Experiment to Kinetic and Thermodynamic Modelling of Precipitation: Examples of Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) and Gold Nanoparticles

Mohammad Reza Andalibi

Precipitation is a process wherein a solid phase forms from a solution. Precipitation is at the heart of many industries producing pharmaceuticals, catalysts, ceramics, and nanoparticles. In addition to being a material synthesis route, precipitation has i ...

EPFL2019

Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Molten Fe-Si-O in Earth's Core

James Badro

Silicon and oxygen are potential light elements in Earth's core because their stronger affinity to metal observed with increasing temperature posits that significant amounts of both can be incorporated into the core. It was proposed that an Fe-Si-O liquid ...

AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION2019

Electron specific oxide double layer contacts for highly efficient and uv stable perovskite device

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Mohammad Mahdi Tavakoli

The present invention relates to an optoelectronic device comprising an electron transport layer (ETL) and a light harvesting layer, wherein the light harvesting layer comprises a metal halide perovskite and is provided on the ETL being a multilayer struct ...

2019

Adhesive wear mechanisms in the presence of weak interfaces

Jean-François Molinari, Tobias Brink

Despite the relevance of wear in many engineering applications, our understanding of the connection between mechanisms at the nanoscale and the observed wear rates of contacting parts at the macroscale remains limited. Recent work in our group has therefor ...

2019

The role of mechanical hysteresis source in mechanical and mechanobiological performances of load-bearing biomaterials

Naser Nasrollahzadeh Mamaghani

Tissue engineering is a promising approach for articular cartilage regeneration as no satisfactory treatment is actually available for cartilage, partly due to the very limited self-healing capability of this tissue. To successfully induce a cartilaginous ...

EPFL2019

Energy dependent structure of Xe ion tracks in YBCO and the effect on the superconductive properties in magnetic fields

Philippe Buffat, Elena Suvorova Buffat

The morphology and structure of damaged regions (tracks) produced by swift heavy 167, 77, and 46 MeV 132Xe23+ ions in YBCO-based second generation industrial high temperature superconductors wires (2G HTS) were studied using transmission electron microscop ...

2019

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