Owing to their higher intrinsic electrical conductivity and chemical stability with respect to their oxide counterparts, nanostructured metal sulfides are expected to revive materials for resistive chemical sensor app...Owing to their higher intrinsic electrical conductivity and chemical stability with respect to their oxide counterparts, nanostructured metal sulfides are expected to revive materials for resistive chemical sensor applications. Herein, we explore the gas sensing behavior of WS2 nanowire-nanoflake hybrid materials and demonstrate their excellent sensitivity （0.043 ppm-1） as well as high selectivity towards H2S relative to CO, NH~, H2, and NO （with corresponding sensitivities of 0.002, 0.0074, 0.0002, and 0.0046 pprn-1, respectively）. Gas response measurements, complemented with the results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis and first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, suggest that the intrinsic electronic properties of pristine WS2 alone are not sufficient to explain the observed high sensitivity towards H2S. A major role in this behavior is also played by O doping in the S sites of the WS2 lattice. The results of the present study open up new avenues for the use of transition metal disulfide nanomaterials as effective alternatives to metal oxides in future applications for industrial process control, security, and health and environmental safety.展开更多
In the next generation wireless communication systems operating at near terahertz frequencies, dielectric substrates with the lowest possible permittivity and loss factor are becoming essential. In this work, highly p...In the next generation wireless communication systems operating at near terahertz frequencies, dielectric substrates with the lowest possible permittivity and loss factor are becoming essential. In this work, highly porous (98.9% ± 0.1%) and lightweight silica foams (0.025 ± 0.005 g/cm3), that have extremely low relative permittivity (εr = 1.018 ± 0.003 at 300 GHz) and corresponding loss factor (tan δ< 3 × 10−4 at 300 GHz) are synthetized by a template-assisted sol-gel method. After dip-coating the slabs of foams with a thin film of cellulose nanofibers, sufficiently smooth surfaces are obtained, on which it is convenient to deposit electrically conductive planar thin films of metals important for applications in electronics and telecommunication devices. Here, micropatterns of Ag thin films are sputtered on the substrates through a shadow mask to demonstrate double split-ring resonator metamaterial structures as radio frequency filters operating in the sub-THz band.展开更多
Ability of epitaxial perovskite oxide ferroelectric films to maintain a poled polarization state on a long-term scale is crucial for advanced devices employing such films.Here polarization relaxation with time,or agin...Ability of epitaxial perovskite oxide ferroelectric films to maintain a poled polarization state on a long-term scale is crucial for advanced devices employing such films.Here polarization relaxation with time,or aging,is experimentally studied in epitaxial capacitor heterostructures of PbTiO3 sandwiched between SrRuO_(3)and Pt electrodes.The relaxation obeys logarithmic time-decay for the time 10^(2)–10^(5)s after poling pulses.The decay is by factor10 slower than that reported for polycrystalline films.Our experimental results show that existing models are insufficient for epitaxial films.展开更多
文摘Owing to their higher intrinsic electrical conductivity and chemical stability with respect to their oxide counterparts, nanostructured metal sulfides are expected to revive materials for resistive chemical sensor applications. Herein, we explore the gas sensing behavior of WS2 nanowire-nanoflake hybrid materials and demonstrate their excellent sensitivity （0.043 ppm-1） as well as high selectivity towards H2S relative to CO, NH~, H2, and NO （with corresponding sensitivities of 0.002, 0.0074, 0.0002, and 0.0046 pprn-1, respectively）. Gas response measurements, complemented with the results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis and first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, suggest that the intrinsic electronic properties of pristine WS2 alone are not sufficient to explain the observed high sensitivity towards H2S. A major role in this behavior is also played by O doping in the S sites of the WS2 lattice. The results of the present study open up new avenues for the use of transition metal disulfide nanomaterials as effective alternatives to metal oxides in future applications for industrial process control, security, and health and environmental safety.
基金The authors thank Kai Metsäkoivu for the technical assistance and Henrikki Liimatainen for providing us with nanocellulose materialsThe financial support received partly from EU Interreg Nord-Lapin liitto(project Transparent,conducting and flexible films for electrodes),Academy of Finland(6Genesis Flagship under Grant 318927)+1 种基金University of Oulu(projects Entity and PoC:Ultra-low permittivity and loss porous nanocomposites for future 6G telecommunication),Hungarian National Research,Development and Innovation Office through the projects GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00013 and GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00010the Ministry of Human Capacities,Hungary,grant 20391-3/2018/FEKUSTRAT is acknowledged.D.S.is thankful for the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
文摘In the next generation wireless communication systems operating at near terahertz frequencies, dielectric substrates with the lowest possible permittivity and loss factor are becoming essential. In this work, highly porous (98.9% ± 0.1%) and lightweight silica foams (0.025 ± 0.005 g/cm3), that have extremely low relative permittivity (εr = 1.018 ± 0.003 at 300 GHz) and corresponding loss factor (tan δ< 3 × 10−4 at 300 GHz) are synthetized by a template-assisted sol-gel method. After dip-coating the slabs of foams with a thin film of cellulose nanofibers, sufficiently smooth surfaces are obtained, on which it is convenient to deposit electrically conductive planar thin films of metals important for applications in electronics and telecommunication devices. Here, micropatterns of Ag thin films are sputtered on the substrates through a shadow mask to demonstrate double split-ring resonator metamaterial structures as radio frequency filters operating in the sub-THz band.
基金the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation(Grant No.400.31.2013).
文摘Ability of epitaxial perovskite oxide ferroelectric films to maintain a poled polarization state on a long-term scale is crucial for advanced devices employing such films.Here polarization relaxation with time,or aging,is experimentally studied in epitaxial capacitor heterostructures of PbTiO3 sandwiched between SrRuO_(3)and Pt electrodes.The relaxation obeys logarithmic time-decay for the time 10^(2)–10^(5)s after poling pulses.The decay is by factor10 slower than that reported for polycrystalline films.Our experimental results show that existing models are insufficient for epitaxial films.
