The growth kinetics of intermetallic compound layers formed between eutectic Sn–58Bi solder and (Cu, electroless Ni–P/Cu) substrate were investigated at temperature between 70 and 120◦C for 1 to 60 days. The layer growth of intermetallic compound in the couple of the Sn–58Bi/Cu and Sn–58Bi/electroless Ni–P system satisfied the parabolic law at given temperature range. As a whole, because the va...

XPS depth profiles were used to investigate the effects of rapid thermal annealing under varying conditions on the structural, magnetic and optical properties of Ni-doped ZnO thin films. Oxidization of metallic Ni from its metallic state to two-valence oxidation state occurred in the film annealed in air at 600 C, while reduction of Ni2þ from its two-valence oxidation state to metallic state oc...

Acetyl-CoA synthase (ACS) catalyzes the synthesis of acetyl-CoA from CO, coenzyme A (CoA), and a methyl group from the CH(3)-Co(3+) site in the corrinoid iron-sulfur protein (CFeSP). These are the key steps in the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway of anaerobic CO and CO(2) fixation. The active site of ACS is the A-cluster, which is an unusual nickel-iron-sulfur cluster. There is significant evidence for t...

The title compound, [Ni(C(2)H(8)NO(6)P(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]·9H(2)O, exhibits a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination environment around the Ni(II) atom. It contains two mol-ecules of 1-amino--ethyl-idenediphospho-nic acid in the zwitterionic form, coord-inated via O atoms from two phospho-nate groups and creating two six-membered chelate rings. Two water mol-ecules in cis positions complete ...

In this work, we report on the importance of layer distribution after annealing to form a high quality ohmic contact p-type GaN, using nickel (Ni) and gold (Au) thin association. Both standard GaN/Ni/Au its reverse, GaN/Au/Ni GaN were studied. The Au/Ni stack exhibits most promising results in study. While quasi-linear current-voltage (I-V) characteristic, counterpart, GaN/Au/Ni, shows pure beh...

The asymmetric unit of the salt, (C(12)H(11)ClN)(2)[Ni(C(2)N(2)S(3))(2)], comprises one cation and a half of Ni(tdas)(2) (tdas = 1,2,5-thia-diazole-3,4-dithiol-ate) anion. The Ni(II) atom is located at a centre of inversion. The Ni(II) atom has a square-planar coordination with Ni-S distances of 2.2052 (4) and 2.1970 (5) Å. In crystal, weak C-H⋯S and C-H⋯Ni contacts are observed between the ani...

Effects of ultra high magnetic field of both pulse and steady types on martensitic transformation have been studied, using Fe-Ni-Mn, Fe-Ni-Mn-C alloys with the supplemental tests on Fe-Ni-C and Fe-NiCo-Ti alloys. It is found that the martensitic transformation is induced at room temperature not only athermally but also isothermally either by pulse magnetic field or by steady magnetic field for ...

The application of theory and experiments to the elastic scattering in ion beam techniques has been investigated. Experimental elastic scattering cross sections for + Ni, p + , Li + Ni, B + Ni and C + I scattering systems have been determined. The optical model and R-matrix analyses have been applied to the experimental data. The calculated cross sections were found to be in very good agreement...