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Bandgap mapping for III-V quantum well by electron spectroscopy imaging
(2004)
Tsai, JS
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Kai, JJ
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Chang, L
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Chen, FR
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材料科學與工程學系
The concept of bandgap mapping' was proposed originally to map the inhomogeneity of band energy in III-V semiconductors with a spatial resolution of a few nanometres in a scanning transmission electron microscope with the focus beam mode. In this paper, several techniques were developed to demonstrate the possibility to map the distribution of bandgap energies for GaN/AlN quantum-well structures using electron spectroscopy imaging (ESI). The phase correlation function was used to register different energy-loss images among ESI series with an accuracy of 1 pixel. The energy dispersion of ESI series was improved by a fast Fourier transform interpolation method. An iterative multivariable least square algorithm was derived to refine the fitting of the single scattering distribution to an analytic form of the density of states function alpha(E Eg)(0.5). The inhomogeneity of the band energy of the quantum well can be revealed from the band-energy map. A threshold filter method is applied to estimate the average value and SD of the bandgap energy from barrier and well regions in the energy map. The average bandgap energy of AlN and GaN is determined to be 5.62 +/- 0.35 and 3.87 +/- 0.36 eV, respectively. The effect of delocalization on the accuracy of band-energy determination is discussed. The 2sigma(Eg), accuracy of this analysis is comparable to half of the energy resolution of the ESI experiment.
Combustion synthesis of Ni-Zn ferrite powder - influence of oxygen balance value
(2005-01-01)
Hwang, CC
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Tsai, JS
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Huang, TH
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Peng, CH
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Chen, SY
In this study, Ni0.5Zn0.5FC2O4 powder was synthesized via an exothermic reaction between nitrates [Ni(NO3)(2).6H(2)O, Zn(NO3)(2).6H(2)O, Fe(NO3)(3).9H(2)O, and NH4NO3] and glycine [NH2CH2COOH]. By adjusting the glycine-to-nitrates ratio, the oxygen balance (OB) values of the reactant mixtures can be varied in which the combustion phenomena is altered and thereby the as-synthesized products with different characteristics are obtained. An interpretation based on the measurement of maximum combustion temperature (T-c) and the amounts of gas evolved during reaction for various OB values has been proposed regarding the nature of combustion and its correlation with the characteristics of as-synthesized products. After instrumental analyses, it is shown that the as-synthesized powders are nanoscale crystallites with a large specific surface area and they inherit a superparamagnetic behavior. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Microwave-absorbing characteristics for the composites of thermal-plastic polyurethane (TPU)-bonded NiZn-ferrites prepared by combustion synthesis method
(2005-02-25)
Peng, CH
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Hwang, CC
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Wan, J
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Tsai, JS
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Chen, SY
NiZn ferrite with the chemical formula Ni0.5-xZn0.5-xM2xFe2O4 (M = Co, Cu, or Mg, and x = 0 or 0.05) was synthesized by a combustion synthesis method using metal nitrates and urea ((NH2)(2)CO) as reactants. The narrocrystallite of these materials were mixed with a thermal-plastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomer to be converted into a microwave-absorbing composite. The complex relative permittivity (epsilon(r) = epsilon'-jepsilon") and permeability (mu(r)=mu'-jmu") of the absorber were measured in a frequency range of 2-12GHz. The reflection loss (R.L.), matching frequency (f(m)) and matching thickness (d(m)) were calculated using the theory of the absorbing wall. Effects of both the particle size of ferrite and the dopant presented in the ferrite on the electromagnetic properties and microwave-absorbing characteristics were investigated. It was found that nanoparticles around 40 nm exhibit higher reflection loss than both those obtained from micro-sized powders and those with size less than 25 nm. Also, it was shown that the Co-doped, Mg-doped, and Cu-doped NiZn ferrite-TPU composites could be designed to be more negative than -20 dB, in a frequency range of 2-12 GHz, to become promising materials for microwave-absorbing application. These doped ferrite-containing composites have more effective microwave-absorbing characteristics compared to undoped one. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.