The atomic structure and the magnetic properties of 5 and 10at.% Co-doped ZnO samples prepared by a high-pressure and high-temperature method have been investigated by various techniques, including x-ray diffraction w...
The atomic structure and the magnetic properties of 5 and 10at.% Co-doped ZnO samples prepared by a high-pressure and high-temperature method have been investigated by various techniques, including x-ray diffraction with Rietveld refinements, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, nanometer-sized element mapping, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure, and extended x-ray absorption fine structure and magnetization measurements. It is found that Co ions with a valence of 2+ substitute Zn ions in the wurtzite ZnO structure. No metallic or oxidic Co-rich clusters were detected in the samples. If Co2+ ions substitute Zn2+ ions, no intrinsic ferromagnetism is observed in ZnO at doping levels up to 10at.% Co even down to 5K. A paramagnetic behavior with partially antiferromagnetic interactions is observed. Thus, in bulk Co-doped ZnO system any observation of ferromagnetism is probably due to small clusters of second phase materials. However, in thin films the situation might be more complex, since other extrinsic influences, such as strain or proximity effects, may modify the electronic and magnetic properties.
In order to describe theoretically metallic island growth at the early stages of metal deposition on oxide substrates, we combined ab initio atomic and electronic structure calculations with thermodynamic theory of so...
In order to describe theoretically metallic island growth at the early stages of metal deposition on oxide substrates, we combined ab initio atomic and electronic structure calculations with thermodynamic theory of solid solutions. The experimentally observed truncated pyramidal shape of metallic clusters is reproduced as the result of metal atom segregation from the lattice gas in imaginary Ising lattice towards the metal/substrate interface. Our approach is illustrated by detailed analysis of Cu islands on a MgO(001)-terminated surface. We predict dependencies of the shape and the height of such clusters on the temperature and metal gas pressure.
Raman scattering experiments on NaxCoO2·yH2O single crystals show a broad electronic continuum with a pronounced peak around 100 cm−1 and a cutoff at approximately 560 cm−1 over a wide range of doping levels. T...
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Raman scattering experiments on NaxCoO2·yH2O single crystals show a broad electronic continuum with a pronounced peak around 100 cm−1 and a cutoff at approximately 560 cm−1 over a wide range of doping levels. The electronic Raman spectra in superconducting and nonsuperconducting samples are similar at room temperature, but evolve in markedly different ways with decreasing temperature. For superconducting samples, the low-energy spectral weight is depleted upon cooling below T*∼150 K, indicating the opening of a pseudogap that is not present in nonsuperconducting materials. Weak additional phonon modes observed below T* suggest that the pseudogap is associated with charge ordering.
To formulate a predictive model of mechanical alloying (MA) it is necessary to understand what phases are stable upon milling and can be obtained as a single-phase homogeneous product and what phases are unstable and ...
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To formulate a predictive model of mechanical alloying (MA) it is necessary to understand what phases are stable upon milling and can be obtained as a single-phase homogeneous product and what phases are unstable and can be obtained only as heterogeneous blends. All intermetallics, which decompose under mechanical milling (MM), are incongruently melting compounds. Thus, their mechanically driven decomposition can be attributed to local melting under ball collisions. In the present work MM of CoSn and CoIn2 intermetallics, which have peritectic melting points, have been studied. Under MM the CoSn phase decompose into the hightemperature polymorph of Co3Sn2 and solution of cobalt in tin, whereas no evidence of the decomposition of CoIn2 is found from XRD and magnetization measurements of milled samples. These results can be attributed to volume changes occurring with the decomposition. Decomposition of CoSn into Co3Sn2 and solution of iron in tin results in a negative volume change, and high local stresses under ball collisions make the decomposition favorable. In contrast, a volume change occurring with the decomposition of CoIn2 into Co and CoIn3 or solution of cobalt in indium would be positive and is thus prevented by stresses under ball collisions.
The particle size effect on the peritectic melting of FeSn2 particles in FeSn-FeSn2 nanocomposites was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). FeSn - 10 wt.% FeSn2 compounds ...
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The particle size effect on the peritectic melting of FeSn2 particles in FeSn-FeSn2 nanocomposites was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). FeSn - 10 wt.% FeSn2 compounds mechanically milled for 30 min exhibit in DSC curves a considerable decrease in the incongruent melting point from an equilibrium value of 786 K to approximately 680 K. Although FeSn2 grains grow from 10 to 40 nm upon heating in DSC before peritectic melting sets in, the melting temperature is reduced substantially. Small latent heat during peritectic melting and large interfacial energy of FeSn-FeSn2 nanocomposites are held responsible for the large particle size effect on incongruent melting. For rapid local heating under ball collisions during MM grain growth is hardly possible and therefore, a reduction in the peritectic melting temperature should be even substantially larger. Therefore, it can be concluded that local incongruent melting under ball collisions is the mechanism which underlies the mechanically driven decomposition of intermetallics.
Mineral carbonation is an emerging CO2 sequestration candidate technology, which produces environmentally benign and geologically stable materials. The primary challenge is economically viable process development. Ser...
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Mineral carbonation is an emerging CO2 sequestration candidate technology, which produces environmentally benign and geologically stable materials. The primary challenge is economically viable process development. Serpentine and olivine minerals are candidate feedstock materials of interest, due to their wide availability, low-cost, and rapid mineral carbonation potential. Cost-effectively enhancing their carbonation reactivity is critical to reducing mineral sequestration process cost. We will discuss our recent research into the mechanisms that govern serpentine and olivine mineral carbonation reaction processes, including in situ observations of the mineral carbonation process and a novel mechanistic approach to enhance carbonation reactivity that avoids the cost of mineral activation. Our goal is to develop the necessary atomic-level understanding to engineer improved carbonation materials and processes to reduce process cost.
Pbi(DPM)2 and Pb(TMOD)2: dissolved in ethylcyclohexane were evaluated as precursors for future atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 films. PbO films were deposited by a liquid injection atomic layer deposition...
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In this paper, we propose a new connected component labeling method based on a 34 window for a binary image. This method possesses parallel processing to achieve high speed operation. According to the proposed method,...
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Moving object segmentation by change detection has been a very important topic for various video applications. Change detection can be implemented by thresholding a difference image between the current frame and a ref...
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Moving object segmentation by change detection has been a very important topic for various video applications. Change detection can be implemented by thresholding a difference image between the current frame and a reference frame. In this paper, a novel method of thresholding for moving object segmentation is proposed without using expensive adaptive background modeling. This new approach adopts the concept of thresholding-withhysteresis and utilizes a multi-resolution/variable thresholding (MRVT) scheme to achieve improvements on the segmentation performance. Combined with simple background modeling, the proposed method can achieve accurate moving object segmentation. Simulation results are evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively to show the effectiveness of this new thresholding scheme.
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