Thermal quenching behavior of Er-doped silicon-rich SiO2 prepared by ion implantation

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 2699-2702 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Zhang ◽  
H.B Xiao ◽  
Y.J. Wang ◽  
Z.J. Chen ◽  
X.L. Cheng ◽  
...  

Erbium and silicon were dual implanted into thermally grown SiO2 film on Si (110) substrates, followed by thermal treatment at 700–1200 °C for 30 min. The microstructure was studied by transmission electron microscope and x-ray diffraction. When the implanted films were annealed at T > 900 °C, the silicon nanocrystals (nc-Si) enwrapped by amorphous silicon (a-Si) could be observed. The thermal quenching behavior at λ = 1.535 μm and its relation with the annealling temperature were also investigated. With increasing annealing temperature, the portion of a-Si and the thermal quenching both decreased. Efficient luminescence from Er ions and weak intensity thermal quenching were obtained from the sample annealed at 1100 °C. The role of a-Si in non-radiative processes at T > 100 K is discussed.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruei-Cheng Lin ◽  
Tai-Kuang Lee ◽  
Der-Ho Wu ◽  
Ying-Chieh Lee

Ni-Cr-Si-Al-Ta resistive thin films were prepared on glass and Al2O3substrates by DC magnetron cosputtering from targets of Ni0.35-Cr0.25-Si0.2-Al0.2casting alloy and Ta metal. Electrical properties and microstructures of Ni-Cr-Si-Al-Ta films under different sputtering powers and annealing temperatures were investigated. The phase evolution, microstructure, and composition of Ni-Cr-Si-Al-Ta films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). When the annealing temperature was set to 300°C, the Ni-Cr-Si-Al-Ta films with an amorphous structure were observed. When the annealing temperature was at 500°C, the Ni-Cr-Si-Al-Ta films crystallized into Al0.9Ni4.22, Cr2Ta, and Ta5Si3phases. The Ni-Cr-Si-Al-Ta films deposited at 100 W and annealed at 300°C which exhibited the higher resistivity 2215 μΩ-cm with −10 ppm/°C of temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR).


2007 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Stokłosa ◽  
G. Badura ◽  
P. Kwapuliński ◽  
Józef Rasek ◽  
G. Haneczok ◽  
...  

The crystallization and optimization of magnetic properties effects in FeXSiB (X=Cu, V, Co, Zr, Nb) amorphous alloys were studied by applying X-ray diffraction methods, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), resistometric and magnetic measurements. The temperatures of the first and the second stage of crystallization, the 1h optimization annealing temperature and the Curie temperature were determined for different amorphous alloys. Activation energies of crystallization process were obtained by applying the Kissinger method. The influence of alloy additions on optimization effect and crystallization processes was carefully examined.


CrystEngComm ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (29) ◽  
pp. 4373-4386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Thieme ◽  
Michael Kracker ◽  
Katrin Thieme ◽  
Christian Patzig ◽  
Thomas Höche ◽  
...  

The role of silver as a nucleating agent in BaO/SrO/ZnO/SiO2 glasses is studied with a range of microstructure-characterization techniques, such as scanning transmission electron microscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
R. Palomino-Merino ◽  
R. Lozada-Morales ◽  
J. Martínez-Juárez ◽  
G. Juárez-Díaz ◽  
J. Carmona-Rodriguez ◽  
...  

Nanocrystalline Er-doped TiO2 was prepared by sol-gel at room temperature. X-ray diffraction, photoacoustic spectroscopy (optical absorption), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and electron dispersion microscopy (EDS) were carried out on both as-prepared and thermally-annealed (air at 700 ºC) samples, revealing the anatase crystalline phase of TiO2. The samples exhibit an average grain size from 38 to 5.1 nm, as the nominal concentration of Er varies from 0 % to 7 %. The photoacoustic spectra evidence the absorption edge at 300 nm attributed to TiO2, as well as several electronic transitions which are atomic energy absorption-line levels characteristics of Er.


2013 ◽  
Vol 481 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Ian Yi Yu Bu

In this paper, aluminum induced crystallization (AIC) was studied by examining the effect of using solution derived AlCl3 catalyst. Such catalyst preparation method offers possibility of low-cost, non-vacuum solution process and allows examination of the role of alumina on the AIC process. The deposited AIC films were examined by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and four probe measurements. It was found that AIC process is highly dependent on annealing temperature and can occur at annealing temperatures above 500°C through Al2O3 formation. Based on the presented data, a possible growth model is proposed to clarify AIC mechanism.


2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (27) ◽  
pp. 1350153 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALI BAHARI ◽  
REZA GHOLIPUR ◽  
MARYAM DERAKHSHI

Styrene-doped ZrLaO y nanostructures were obtained by sol–gel method low-temperature synthesis. The nanostructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), atomic force microscope (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The observation using SEM and TEM revealed that the ring-shaped nanostructures were very uniform. Further characterization using XRD disclosed that the cohesion of the samples was controllable with annealing temperatures in the range of 800–1500°C. Cohesion property was investigated for the samples. The cohesion increased when increasing the annealing temperature. This was linked to the reinforcement of the oxygen bound on the ZrLaO y nanostructures The shape of nanostructures showed a transformation from a ring-shaped growth mode to a hole-surfaced growth mode with increasing annealing temperature. The styrene-doped ZrLaO y nanostructures with controllable crystallinity will have great potential for various applications in fuel, cells, batteries, electronics devices and chemical sensors.


1992 ◽  
Vol 286 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Q. Xiao ◽  
J. Samuel ◽  
C. L. Chien

ABSTRACTWe have studied the structure of the Co-Ag granular system across the entire composition range, as well as the annealed samples, using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and x-ray diffraction. GMR, as much as 80% at 5K and 25% at room temperature, have been observed. The absolute values of the resistivity (ρ) and the change of the resistivity (δρ) as functions of the magnetic Co concentration and the annealing temperature have been determined. A linear relation between δρ and I/rco, where rco is Co particle size, has been found. This result suggests that the magnetic scattering at the interfaces is crucial to GMR.


1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Zhou ◽  
Qing-Xin Su ◽  
K. M. Moulding ◽  
D. J. Barber

Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3 thin films were prepared by a sol-gel process involving the reaction of barium isopropoxide, tantalum ethoxide, and magnesium acetate in 2-methoxyethanol and subsequently hydrolysis, spin-coating, and heat treatment. Transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy were used for the characterization of the thin films. It was shown that the thin films tend to crystallize with small grains sized below 100 nm. Crystalline phase with cubic (disordered) perovskite structure was formed in the samples annealed at a very low temperature (below 500 °C), and well-crystallized thin films were obtained at 700 °C. Although disordered perovskite is dominant in the thin films annealed below 1000 °C, a low volume fraction of 1 : 2 ordering domains was found in the samples and grows with an increase of annealing temperature.


Author(s):  
Е.В. Астрова ◽  
А.В. Парфеньева ◽  
А.М. Румянцев ◽  
В.П. Улин ◽  
М.В. Байдакова ◽  
...  

The effect of annealing temperature in argon atmosphere on the ability of Si-C nanocomposites to reversibly insert lithium was investigated. It was found that the higher the annealing temperature during the formation of the composite, the lower is the capacitance of the electrode made from it. X-ray diffraction analysis and transmission electron microscopy reveal that the reason of the capacitance decrease is formation at T  1100°C of silicon carbide of cubic modification -SiC, inactive with respect to the formation of lithium alloys or intercalates.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 898
Author(s):  
Anna Dzimitrowicz ◽  
Piotr Cyganowski ◽  
Piotr Jamroz ◽  
Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak ◽  
Malgorzata Rzegocka ◽  
...  

Size-controlled gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were synthesised with solutions of three types of Polish honeys (lime, multiflower, honeydew) and used in microwave-induced hyperthermia cancer treatment. Optical and structural properties of nanostructures were optimized in reference to measurements made by using UV/Vis absorption spectrophotometry (UV/Vis), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) supported by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (ATR FT-IR). In addition, concentrations of reducing sugars and polyphenols of honeys applied were determined to reveal the role of these chemical compounds in green synthesis of AuNPs. It was found that the smallest AuNPs (20.6 ± 23.3 nm) were produced using a 20% (w/v) multiflower aqueous honey solution and 25 mg·L−1 of Au(III) ions. These AuNPs were then employed in microwave-induced hyperthermia in a system simulating metastatic tissues. This research illustrated that AuNPs, as produced with the aid of a multiflower honey solution, could be suitably used for microwave-induced heating of cancer. A fluid containing resultant Au nanostructures, as compared to water, revealed facilitated heating and the ability to maintain a temperature of 45 °C required for hyperthermia treatment.


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