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We propose a model to determine the influence of different cell properties, such as size, membrane capacitance and cytoplasm conductivity, on the impedance spectrum as measured in a microfabricated cytometer. A dielectric sphere of equivalent complex permi ...
We investigate the dielectric screening across the Si-SiO2 interface using a first-principle approach. By determining the profile of the microscopic polarization and the effective polarizabilities of SiOn (n = 0,..4) structural units, we show that the vari ...
Relaxor Pb(Sc-12/Ta-1/2)O-3 (PST) thin films have been prepared using mixed alkoxide and acetate precursors on TiO2/Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates. Relaxor behavior as evidenced by frequency dispersion of the permittivity as a function of temperature was obser ...
Ferroelectric thin films are widely studied nowadays as potential replacements for semiconductors in modern tunable microwave devices such as tunable filters, phase-shifters, frequency mixers, power dividers, etc. Recent progress in the deposition of compl ...
We investigate the dielectric permittivity of SiO2 on Si(100) substrates using a first-principles approach. It is shown that both the static and high-frequency dielectric constants of the oxide overlayer increase when the oxide thickness is reduced. This b ...
In this thesis, a new microfabricated flow cytometer for single cell discrimination based on dielectric spectroscopy is presented. Integrated tools for rapid in-flow cell handling are also demonstrated. Signal amplification and analysis as well as the chip ...
Sol-gel process has successfully been applied for the deposition of porous PbZrxTi1-xO3 (x = 0.45, 0.15) thin films on platinized silicon wafers. Addition of a polymer as a volatile phase to the precursor sol prior to spin coating has been proved an excell ...
Using density-functional theory, we investigate the structural, vibrational, and dielectric properties of Hf and Zr oxides and silicates which have drawn considerable attention as alternative high-kappa materials. For the silicates, we consider hafnon HfSi ...
In ferroelectric materials, domain wall displacement plays a key role in the dielectric properties measured with respect to the driving field amplitude and frequency. The low to medium field dielectric response in many ferroic systems can be often describe ...
The lead magnesium niobate [Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3 or PMN], and its solid solutions with lead titanate (PbTiO3 or PT), are of great interest because of their high electromechanical properties. At large PMN content, these materials exhibit relaxor characteristic ...