We have demonstrated high mobility MOS transistors on high quality epitaxial SiGe films selectively grown on Si (100) substrates. The hole mobility enhancement afforded intrinsically by the SiGe channel (60%) is further increased by an optimized Si cap (40%) process, resulting in a combined ∼100% enhancement over Si channels. Surface orientation, channel direction, and uniaxial strain technolog...

Novel method for a determination of residual stresses in orthotropic composite plates based on local displacement measurements by electronic speckle-pattern interferometry is developed and verified. The values of hole diameter increments in principal residual stress directions serves as initial experimental deformation. The technique is based on analytical solution of S.G. Lekhnitsky, which des...

In this paper, a novel hole-filling algorithm for triangular meshes is proposed. Firstly, the hole is triangulated into a set of new triangles using modified principle of minimum angle. Then the initial patching mesh is refined according to the density of vertices on boundary edges. Finally, the patching mesh is optimized via the bilateral filter to recover missed features. Experimental results...

Introduction: Treatment efficacy of radiation therapy using Yttrium-90 radionuclide is evaluated by the bremsstrahlung SPECT imaging following radiation therapy. The radioisotopic images have the ability to provide reliable activity map of 90Y distribution. But these images have a low quantitative accuracy in the 90Y bremsstrahlung SPECT imaging, therefore the optimization of...

We report hole-doping dependence of the in-plane resistivity rho(ab) in a cuprate superconductor La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO4, carefully examined using a series of high-quality single crystals. Our detailed measurements find a tendency towards charge ordering at particular rational hole-doping fractions of 1/16, 3/32, 1/8, and 3/16. This observation appears to suggest a specific form of charge order and is...

Phase contrast transmission electron microscopy is a powerful tool to enhance the image contrast of transparent materials such as ice-embedded biological specimens and polymer materials. In this method, a phase plate, which is placed at the back-focal plane of the objective lens, gives a phase shift for scattered electron waves, resulting in a significant enhancement contrast of specimens in im...

We present experimental results on photonic crystal/photonic wire micro-cavity structures that demonstrate further enhancement of the quality-factor (Q-factor)--up to approximately 149,000--in the fibre telecommunications wavelength range. The Q-values and the useful transmission levels achieved are due, in particular, to the combination of both tapering within and outside the micro-cavity, wit...

in this study, the role of interaction of pi electrons on the strength of simultaneous σ-hole interactions (pnicogen, chalcogen and halogen bonds) is investigated using the quantum chemical calculations. x-ben||taz∙∙∙y1,y2,y3 complexes (x = cn, f, cl, br, ch3 , oh and nh2, taz= s-triazine and y1,y2 and y3 denotes ph2f, hsf, and clf molecules) is introduced as a model. the results show that inte...

introduction: the mechanisms of hepatic encephalopathy are not fully understood. moreover, there is no comprehensive data concerning the effects of nitric oxide (no) system on anxiolytic-like behaviors induced by bile duct ligation (bdl). methods: male mice weighing 25-30 g were used and anxiety-like behaviors were tested using hole-board task. results: the data indicated that cholestasis incre...

the effects of substituents on the symmetry and the nature of halogen bonds in [n∙∙∙x∙∙∙n]+-type systems are presented for the yc5h4n∙∙∙x∙∙∙nc5h5 (y = no2, cn, h, ch3, och3, oh, nh2, x = cl, br, i) complexes. some structural parameters, energy data and electronic properties were explored with the density functional theory (dft) calculations. in addition, electrostatic potentials were used in es...