Nanostructured thermoelectric materials have attracted lots of interest in recent years, due to their enhanced performance determined by their thermoelectric dimensionless figure of merit. However, because of equipmen...
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Nanostructured thermoelectric materials have attracted lots of interest in recent years, due to their enhanced performance determined by their thermoelectric dimensionless figure of merit. However, because of equipment limitations, not much work has been done on combining simultaneous transport measurements and structural characterization on individual nanostructured thermoelectric materials. With an integrated TEM-STM system, we studied the structural behavior and electrical properties of bismuth (Bi) nanobelts and nanoparticles. Results showed that clean Bi nanostructures free of oxides can be produced by in-situ high temperature electro-migration and Joule annealing processes occurring within the electron microscope. Preliminary electrical measurements indicate a conductivity of two orders of magnitude lower for Bi nanoparticles than that for bulk Bi. Such in-situ studies are highly advantageous for studying the semimetal-semiconductor transition and how this transition could enhance thermoelectric properties.
In this paper, high-performance inversion-type E-mode In 0.53 Ga 0.47 As and In 0.65 Ga 0.35 As MOSFETs with ALD Al 2 O 3 as gate dielectric is demonstrated and systematically studied their subthreshold or weak inver...
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In this paper, high-performance inversion-type E-mode In 0.53 Ga 0.47 As and In 0.65 Ga 0.35 As MOSFETs with ALD Al 2 O 3 as gate dielectric is demonstrated and systematically studied their subthreshold or weak inversion characteristics. Much more works are needed to make this novel device structure a competitive technology for ultimate CMOS at 22 nm node or beyond. The work is supported by National science Foundation and SRC FCRP MSD Center.
As intensive care units (ICUs) implement more intense insulin therapy to achieve tighter glycemic control, the risk for ICU patients to experience acute hypoglycemia increases. This study aims to develop a new method ...
As intensive care units (ICUs) implement more intense insulin therapy to achieve tighter glycemic control, the risk for ICU patients to experience acute hypoglycemia increases. This study aims to develop a new method for predicting the occurrences of acute hypoglycemia during intravenous (IV) insulin infusion before the actual hypoglycemic events take place. Data from 3116 adult ICU patients have been retrospectively analyzed to elucidate glycemic dynamics and to devise a methodology for proactive prediction of acute hypoglycemic events in the ICU. Mutual information, embedded selection by classification trees, and odds ratios of categorized clinical time-series and occurrences of acute hypoglycemia were used to compare features of patients' glycemic dynamics. Classification tree learning was then applied to key features to generate predictive models of acute hypoglycemia. Results show that the two most recent blood glucose measurements and the slope of recent changes in blood glucose concentration with respect to the change in insulin infusion are the most informative features. Classification tree models built upon the key features accurately predicted 82.12% of acute hypoglycemic events (specificity: 89.87%; positive predictive value: 88.72%; accuracy: 86.00%) and 76.99% of severe acute hypoglycemic events (80.53%, 74.31%, and 78.76% respectively). The mechanistic approach developed in this study could be useful to discovering and understanding trends in clinical data leading up to acute hypoglycemia.
This is a short report on Dagstuhl Seminar 07311 - Frontiers of Electronic Voting, 29.07.07 - 03.08.07, organized in The International Conference and Research Center for computerscience (IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl). ...
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We consider opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) strategies for a transmitter in a multichannel wireless system, where a channel may or may not be available and the transmitter must sense/probe the channel to find out ...
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electrical stimulation has been shown to improve functional assembly of cardiomyocytes in vitro for cardiac tissue engineering. Carbon electrodes were found in past studies to have the best current injection character...
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electrical stimulation has been shown to improve functional assembly of cardiomyocytes in vitro for cardiac tissue engineering. Carbon electrodes were found in past studies to have the best current injection characteristics. The goal of this study was to develop rational experimental design principles for the electrodes and stimulation regime, in particular electrode configuration, electrode ageing, and stimulation amplitude. Carbon rod electrodes were compared via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and we identified a safety range of 0 to 8 V/cm by comparing excitation thresholds and maximum capture rates for neonatal rat cardiomyocytes cultured with electrical stimulation. We conclude with recommendations for studies involving carbon electrodes for cardiac tissue engineering.
Simultaneous OCT and OISI were performed on rat somatosensory cortex during forepaw stimulation. The depth-integrated OCT signal correlates well with OISI signal, while OCT resolves layer-specific dynamics in function...
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A combined top-down and bottom-up approach was used for precise placement of metal nanoparticles on silicon substrates. The study used laser interference lithography (LIL) technique, to open windows on a silicon wafer...
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A combined top-down and bottom-up approach was used for precise placement of metal nanoparticles on silicon substrates. The study used laser interference lithography (LIL) technique, to open windows on a silicon wafer with a silicon oxide mask. Inverted pyramids were obtained at the window region, by etching the silicon wafer in KOH under the top-down approach. The bottom-up approach involved the evaporation of a gold (Au) layer on the whole silicon wafer and annealing at elevated temperature. The Au inside the inverted pyramids was coarsened and formed Au dots inside them. The results show that the diameter of the metal nanoparticles can be tuned more effectively, by changing the Au layer thickness, along with the annealing temperature.
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