Optimization of Gas Sensing Performance of Nanocrystalline SnO_2 Thin Films Synthesized by Magnetron Sputtering

Tin oxide （SnO2） is one of the most promising transparent conducting oxide materials, which is widely used in thin film gas sensors. We investigate the dependence of the deposition time on structural, morphologicaJ and hydrogen gas sensing properties of SnO2 thin films synthesized by dc magnetron sputtering. The deposited samples are characterized by XRD, SEM, AFM, surface area measurements and surface profiler. Also the H2 gas sensing properties of SnO2 deposited samples are performed against a wide range of operating temperature. The XRD analysis demonstrates that the degree of crystallinity of the deposited SnO2 films strongly depends on the deposition time. SEM and AFM analyses reveal that the size of nanoparticles or agglomerates, and both average and rms surface roughness is enhanced with the increasing deposition time. Also gas sensors based on these SnO2 nanolayers show an acceptable response to hydrogen at various operating temperatures.

Light-Emitting Diodes Based on All-Quantum-Dot Multilayer Films and the Influence of Various Hole-Transporting Layers on the Performance

We present a systematic analysis of the exciton-recombination zone within all-quantum-dot （QD） multilayer films using sensing QD layers in QD-based light-emitting diodes （QLEDs）, and demonstrate the a11-QD multilayer films with different sequences of layers prepared by inserting a sensing blue QD layer denoted as B at various positions within four red QD multilayers denoted as R. We also use different hole transporting layers （PVK, CBP as well as poly-TPD） to prevent the formation of leakage current and to improve the luminance. The results show that the total EL emission is mostly at the fourth （60%） and fifth （40%） QD monolayers, adjacent to ITO. This presents both decreasing current density and increasing brightness with different hole transporting layers, thus resulting in more efficient performance.

Brightness of Blue/Violet Luminescent Nano-Crystalline AZO and IZO Thin Films with Effect of Layer Number:For High Optical Performance

From different reports, it （AZO） and indium-doped including usage areas. We nanocrystalline films with is realized that there is a need to consider all sides of aluminum-doped zinc oxide zinc oxide （IZO） thin films with their optical, luminescence and surface properties establish an assessment to carry out further information to summarize AZO and IZO impact of the layer number.

Analysis of angular-selective performances of obliquely deposited birefringent thin film

A slanted columnar TiO2 sculptured anisotropic thin film is prepared using the glancing angle deposition(GLAD) technique. We extend the inference regarding the optical properties of a uniaxial birefringent film based on theoretical analysis to include the more general case of a multilayer biaxial birefringent thin film, the optic axis of which is in the incident plane. We also investigate in detail the symmetrical angularselective transmittance performances of TiO2 biaxial anisotropic thin films for light incident at the same angle but coming from opposite sides of the surface normal. The tilted nanocolumn microstructures of the birefringent thin films induce optical anisotropy. The transmisson spectra for the p-polarized wave of TiO2 biaxial anisotropic thin film measured in the experiment almost overlap at the symmetrical oblique incidence at the ±θ 0 angles, which validates our theoretical derivation.

Highly sensitive wearable sensor based on a flexible multi-layer graphene film antenna

The use of advanced carbon nanomaterials for flexible antenna sensors has attracted great attention due to their outstanding electromechanical properties. However, carbon nanomaterial based composites have yet to overcome drawbacks, such as low conductivity and toughness. In this work, a flexible multi-layer graphene film(FGF) with a high conductivity of 10~6 S/m for antenna based wearable sensors is investigated. A 1.63 GHz FGF antenna sensor exhibits significantly high strain sensitivity of 9.8 for compressive bending and 9.36 for tensile bending, which is super than the copper antenna sensor(5.39 for compressive bending and 4.05 for tensile bending). Moreover, the FGF antenna sensor shows very good mechanical flexibility, reversible deformability and structure stability, and thus is well suited for applications like wearable devices and wireless strain sensing.

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) membrane based thin film microextraction for enrichment of benzoylurea insecticides from water samples followed by their determination with HPLC

Thin-film microextraction（TFME）,a new geometry for solid-phase microextraction,has become an attractive sample-preparation technique.Compared to other microextraction approaches,the sensitivity of this technique was enhanced without sacrificing the sampling time due to the high surface area-tovolume ratio together with the increase of extraction-phase volume.In this paper,a new TFME method based on poly（vinylidene fluoride） membrane was developed for the extraction of benzoylurea insecticides（diflubenzuron,triflumuron,hexaflumuron and teflubenzuron） from water samples followed by their determination with high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection.Under the optimal conditions,good linearity was observed over the concentration range of 0.5-100.0 ng/mL with correlation coefficient greater than 0.9994.The limits of detection（S/N = 3） of the method for the target analytes were 0.1 ng/mL.Mean recoveries ranged from 87.7% to 103.9% with relative standard deviations lower than 6.5%.The results indicated that the developed TFME method is simple,efficient,and cost effective.

Structure and mechanical properties of nc-TiC/a-C:H nanocomposite films deposited by filtered cathodic arc technique

nc-Ti C/a-C：H nanocomposite films were prepared by filtered cathodic arc technique. The influence of C_2H_2/Ar flow ratio on the composition, structure, and mechanical properties of films was investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）, X-ray diffraction（XRD）, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR）,Raman spectroscopy, nanoindentation, and ball-on-disc tribometry. The films show a nanocomposite structure in which Ti C crystallites are embedded in the amorphous matrix of a-C：H phase. C content in films increases with the flow ratio of C_2H_2/Ar, simultaneously, the crystallite size of TiC decreases. Contrary to the nc-Ti C/a-C：H films deposited by magnetron sputtering in which the sp3 C content increases with C_2H_2 flow rate, the increase of C_2H_2 flow rate leads to the increase of sp2 C content in films deposited by filtered cathodic arc technique. The nc-Ti C/a-C：H films deposited by cathodic arc technique have a pronounced hardness maximum of 30 GPa under the C_2H_2/Ar flow ratio of 12. Tribological performance of films is controlled by the sp2 content in films. Higher sp2 content promotes the formation of graphite-like transfer layer during sliding,and results in lower wear rate and friction coefficient.