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Diffusion-free Back Contact Solar Cells On S-passivated Si(100) Substrates
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)
A diffusion-free back contact solar cell is proposed in this work. The textured front-side of this cell is coated with ~100 nm thermal SiO2 to enhance the light trapping meanwhile reduce the surface recombination velocity ...
Nanoparticle Bridge DNA Biosensor
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)
A new DNA sensing method is demonstrated in which DNA hybridization events lead to the formation of nanoparticle satellites that bridge two electrodes and are detected electrically. The hybridization events are exclusively ...
Synthesis And Characterization Of Polythiophene Derivatives
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2007-10-08)
In Chapter 1, the history of conducting polymers, especially polythiophene and its derivatives, was briefly reviewed. Different approaches of structural modifications to afford small bandgap polythiophene derivatives were ...
Room-temperature Single-electron Devices Based On Cmos Fabrication Technology
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Single-electron devices, in which the transport and storage of individual electrons is precisely controlled, have many potential benefits in the field of electronics, optics, and sensors. Fabrication of these devices ...
Templated Synthesis And Characterizations Of High Moment Magnetic Nanoparticles For Bioapplications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Magnetic nanoparticles have been widely used for biomedical applications such as drug and gene delivery, hyperthermia treatment of cancer, MRI contrast enhancement, cell labeling and magnetic separation. We present two new ...
Self Powered Sensing By Combining Novel Sensor Architectures With Energy Harvesting
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)
Recent advancements in the field of wireless sensor networks have resulted in increasing demand for self-powering techniques that reduces the dependence on batteries. In order to address this problem, there has been ...
The Effects Of Microstructure On The Mechanical Properties Of Hard Transition Metal Silicon Nitride Nanocomposite Coatings
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)
In this body of work, the examination of two different transition metal silicon nitride (MeSiN) systems using two different methods of physical vapor deposition (PVD) allowed for the development of a detailed understanding ...
Au-based Core-shell Nanoparticles For Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Unique Au/Pd core-shell nanoparticles were synthesized via galvanic replacement of Cu by Pd on hollow Au nanoparticles. Au/PtCu core-shell nanoparticles were also synthesized using this method. These core-shell nanoparticles ...
Investigation On The Mechanism Of Interface Electromigration (EM) In Copper (Cu) Thin Films
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)
This study concerns the mechanism of the interface electromigration (EM) in copper (Cu) thin films. While EM in Cu is one of the most concerned reliability failure phenomena in Cu interconnects used microelectronic devices, ...
Preparation And Characterization Of Properties Of Electrodeposited Copper Oxide Films
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)
Copper oxides, including cuprous oxide and cupric oxide, are prepared by electrochemical deposition. The structural, optical and electrical properties of as-deposited copper oxides are evaluated, based on which cuprous ...