This paper presents a new electromagnetic functional material developed byelectron-less nickel deposition technique, with a single hollow micro-sphere as the core templateand a thin nickel layer as the shell. The micr...This paper presents a new electromagnetic functional material developed byelectron-less nickel deposition technique, with a single hollow micro-sphere as the core templateand a thin nickel layer as the shell. The micrograph taken by a scanning electron microscope showsthe microstructures of the materials in detail. Scattering parameters of the waveguide sample holderfilled with the materials have been obtained over X band. The electromagnetic parameters computedfrom the measured S parameters show that the material with metallic hollow spheres has as highrelative permeability μ'_r as 19.0 with about 0.6 magnetic loss tangent over the whole bandwidth.Compared to the material with non-metallic spheres, the permeability μ'_r and the magnetic losstangent μ'_r increase greatly, while the permittivity remains lower than 1.8.展开更多
The dielectric functions of GaN for the temperature and frequency ranges of 10–300 K and 0.3–1 THz are obtained using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy.It is found that there are oscillations of the dielectric func...The dielectric functions of GaN for the temperature and frequency ranges of 10–300 K and 0.3–1 THz are obtained using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy.It is found that there are oscillations of the dielectric functions at various temperatures.Physically,the oscillation behavior is attributed to the resonance states of the point defects in the material.Furthermore,the dielectric functions are well fitted by the combination of the simple Drude model together with the classical damped oscillator model.According to the values of the fitting parameters,the concentration and electron lifetime of the point defects for various temperatures are determined,and the temperature dependences of them are in accordance with the previously reported result.Therefore,terahertz time-domain spectroscopy can be considered as a promising technique for investigating the relevant characteristics of the point defects in semiconductor materials.展开更多
Strain engineering is a powerful tool to tailor the physical properties of materials coherently stacked in an epitaxial heterostructure. Such an approach, applied to the mature field of planar heteroepitaxy, has yield...Strain engineering is a powerful tool to tailor the physical properties of materials coherently stacked in an epitaxial heterostructure. Such an approach, applied to the mature field of planar heteroepitaxy, has yielded a variety of new phenomena and devices. Recently, heteroepitaxial vertically aligned nanocomposites have emerged as alternatives to planar structures. Owing to the peculiar geometry of such nanoarchitectures, efficient strain control can be achieved, opening the way to novel functionalities. In this paper, we report a very large tensile axial strain in epitaxial transition metal nanowires embedded in an oxide matrix. We show that axial strains in excess of 1.5% can be sustained over a large thickness (a few hundred nanometers) in epitaxial nanowires having ultrasmall diameters (-3-6 nm). The axial strain depends on the diameter of the nanowires, reflecting its epitaxial nature and the balance of interface and elastic energies. Furthermore, it is experimentally shown that such strain is metastable, in agreement with the calculations performed in the framework of the Frenkel-Kontorova model. The diameter dependence and metastability provide effective ways to control the strain, an appealing feature for the design of functional nanoarchitectures.展开更多
文摘This paper presents a new electromagnetic functional material developed byelectron-less nickel deposition technique, with a single hollow micro-sphere as the core templateand a thin nickel layer as the shell. The micrograph taken by a scanning electron microscope showsthe microstructures of the materials in detail. Scattering parameters of the waveguide sample holderfilled with the materials have been obtained over X band. The electromagnetic parameters computedfrom the measured S parameters show that the material with metallic hollow spheres has as highrelative permeability μ'_r as 19.0 with about 0.6 magnetic loss tangent over the whole bandwidth.Compared to the material with non-metallic spheres, the permeability μ'_r and the magnetic losstangent μ'_r increase greatly, while the permittivity remains lower than 1.8.
基金supported by the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Project (Grant No. 2011CB301900)the 973 project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2011CBA00107)+4 种基金the Hi-tech Research Project (Grant No. 2011AA03A103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60990311, 60820106003, 60906025, 60936004, 61176063, 61071009, and 61027008)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20090091110040)the Natural Science of Foundation of Jiangsu province (Grant Nos. BK2011010, BK2010385, and BK2010178)the Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation (Grant No. 122028)
文摘The dielectric functions of GaN for the temperature and frequency ranges of 10–300 K and 0.3–1 THz are obtained using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy.It is found that there are oscillations of the dielectric functions at various temperatures.Physically,the oscillation behavior is attributed to the resonance states of the point defects in the material.Furthermore,the dielectric functions are well fitted by the combination of the simple Drude model together with the classical damped oscillator model.According to the values of the fitting parameters,the concentration and electron lifetime of the point defects for various temperatures are determined,and the temperature dependences of them are in accordance with the previously reported result.Therefore,terahertz time-domain spectroscopy can be considered as a promising technique for investigating the relevant characteristics of the point defects in semiconductor materials.
文摘Strain engineering is a powerful tool to tailor the physical properties of materials coherently stacked in an epitaxial heterostructure. Such an approach, applied to the mature field of planar heteroepitaxy, has yielded a variety of new phenomena and devices. Recently, heteroepitaxial vertically aligned nanocomposites have emerged as alternatives to planar structures. Owing to the peculiar geometry of such nanoarchitectures, efficient strain control can be achieved, opening the way to novel functionalities. In this paper, we report a very large tensile axial strain in epitaxial transition metal nanowires embedded in an oxide matrix. We show that axial strains in excess of 1.5% can be sustained over a large thickness (a few hundred nanometers) in epitaxial nanowires having ultrasmall diameters (-3-6 nm). The axial strain depends on the diameter of the nanowires, reflecting its epitaxial nature and the balance of interface and elastic energies. Furthermore, it is experimentally shown that such strain is metastable, in agreement with the calculations performed in the framework of the Frenkel-Kontorova model. The diameter dependence and metastability provide effective ways to control the strain, an appealing feature for the design of functional nanoarchitectures.