Thin films of LaS were prepared by using spray pyrolysis technique at 270 0 C and thickness were varied by changing the concentration of reactant solution. The films were optically characterized and their variations with film thickness were studies. It was found that thickness can be tuned by varying concentration of reactant solution. The band gap was found to vary between 2.35eV to 2.50eV. Th...

The purpose of this study was to optimize a method for the encapsulation of P5 peptide, a new designed peptide containing MHC class I epitopes from rat HER2/neu protein, into liposomes as an approach for breast cancer vaccine formulation. The efficiency of liposomal encapsulation of peptides is generally low and development of an optimized method to increase encapsulation efficiency is a big ch...

ZnO thin film of 80 nm thickness was deposited by the sol-gel spin coating method on SiO2/Si substrate and subsequently post-annealed at 500°C with a flow of oxygen for 60 min. Crystallographic structure of the sample was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) method while a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) was used to investigate the surface physical morphology ...

Many applications in a diverse demographic of engineering fields require knowledge of the thickness of thin films and coatings. An example of some applications for which thin film thickness is critical are semiconductors, optics, and protective coatings. There are various methods for measuring thin film thickness, however, many of them are destructive, or are only capable of measuring thickness...

This chapter describes the method of manufacturing microfluidic microchannels formed by delaminated buckled thin films. Thin films under compression tend to delaminate and buckle. Microchannel geometry can be controlled by tailoring film residual stress and placing patterned adhesion-weakening layers utilizing photolithographic techniques. Results based on the photoresist as the adhesion weaken...

This issue of the IBM journal describes recent advances in the field of nanoscience, with an emphasis on cathode lens-based microscopy methods, including LEEM (low-energy electron microscopy), PEEM (photoemission electron microscopy), and other related analytical approaches. Papers highlight scientific advances and instrumental developments on topics that include thin films, organic films, surf...

We introduce and study a new 3d Topological Field Theory which can be associated to any compact real manifold X. This TFT is analogous to the 2d A-model and reduces to it upon compactification on an interval with suitable boundary conditions. It plays a role in 3d mirror symmetry as well as in the physical approach to the geometric Langlands duality. A similar TFT can be defined in four dimensi...