X-ray microfluorescence imaging technique has been used as a significant tool in order to investigate minerals contents in some kinds of materials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the elemental distribution of c...
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Development of in-core instrumentation is driven by the pursuit of safer and more economic energy production from both existing nuclear reactors and Generation IV reactor designs. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has d...
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Enzyme encapsulated ZIFs exhibit significant host-guest synergism and protect the relative activity of the enzymes. Elucidation of metallic active sites including the nature of electronics and valance state has b...
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Nitride-based blue-light-emitting diodes having a moth-eye structure were fabricated on the backside of a 6H-SiC substrate. The light extraction efficiency and the corresponding output power were increased by 3.8 time...
Nitride-based blue-light-emitting diodes having a moth-eye structure were fabricated on the backside of a 6H-SiC substrate. The light extraction efficiency and the corresponding output power were increased by 3.8 times compared with those of an LED having the conventional structure. The results of theoretical analysis agree with these findings.
We demonstrate an approach to the structural and electronic property modification of perovskites, focusing on Pr2CuO4, an undoped parent compound of a class of electron-doped copper-oxide superconductors. Currents wer...
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We demonstrate an approach to the structural and electronic property modification of perovskites, focusing on Pr2CuO4, an undoped parent compound of a class of electron-doped copper-oxide superconductors. Currents were passed parallel or perpendicular to the copper oxygen layers with the voltage ramped up until a rapid drop in the resistivity was achieved, a process referred to as “flash.” The current was then further increased tenfold in current-control mode. This state was quenched by immersion into liquid nitrogen. Flash can drive many compounds into different atomic structures with new properties, whereas the quench freezes them into a long-lived state. Single-crystal neutron diffraction of as-grown and modified Pr2CuO4 revealed a 10×10 superlattice due to oxygen-vacancy order. The diffraction peak intensities of the superlattice of the modified sample were significantly enhanced relative to the pristine sample. Raman-active phonons in the modified sample were considerably sharper. Measurements of electrical resistivity, magnetization, and two-magnon Raman scattering indicate that the modification affected only the Pr-O layers, but not the Cu-O planes. These results point to enhanced oxygen-vacancy order in the modified samples well beyond what can be achieved without passing electrical current. Our work opens a new avenue toward electric field/quench control of structure and properties of layered perovskite oxides.
Bond integrity is of interest to researchers in non-destructive evaluation because it is used as an indicator when assessing the health of structures. In this study, a plate waveguide on a half space is examined to fi...
Bond integrity is of interest to researchers in non-destructive evaluation because it is used as an indicator when assessing the health of structures. In this study, a plate waveguide on a half space is examined to find features associated with bond integrity. Analytical and finite element models are developed to describe wave propagation. Mode and frequency selection optimization is discussed. Preliminary results suggest that changes in arrival time and amplitude can be used to detect the length of a very weak bond when using a special mode of strong in-plane displacement at the interface.
Moiré patterns formed by stacking atomically-thin van der Waals crystals with a relative twist angle can give rise to dramatic new physical properties [1, 2]. The study of moiré materials has so far been lim...
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This work explores the use of static water microdroplets on a microfiber to vary the width of an optical beam. Varying the water droplet volume changes the beam width without replacing any optical components. A surfac...
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