CA91 108 We report on resistivity and chemical stability of Cr/Au bilayers deposited by sputtering on three kinds of substrates: alumina, aluminum nitride and aluminum nitride coated alumina. The insertion loss of Cr/Au microstrip lines fabricated on these three substrates was low and stable after 700 cycles in the -65°C to 125°C temperature range.

We report a facile synthesis of single-phase, nanocrystalline macroporous chromium nitride and chromium titanium nitride with an inverse opal morphology. The material is characterized using XRD, SEM, HR-TEM/STEM, TGA and XPS. Interconversion of macroporous CrN to Cr2O3 and back to CrN while retaining the inverse opal morphology is also demonstrated.

As a promising conjugated polymer, binary carbon nitride has attracted extensive attention as a metal-free and visible-light-responsive photocatalyst in the area of photon-involving purification of water and air. Herein, we report sulfur-doped polymeric carbon nitride microrods that are synthesized through thermal polymerization based on trithiocyanuric acid and melamine (TM) supramolecular agg...

stabilizations and atomic level quadrupole coupling constant (cq) properties have been investigated for graphene–like monolayers (g–monolayers) of boron nitride (bn), boron phosphide (bp), aluminum nitride (aln), and aluminum phosphide (alp) structures. to this aim, density functional theory (dft) calculations have been performed to optimize the model structures and also to evaluate the cq para...

Silicon nitride and silicon nitride-based ceramics have several favorable material properties, such as high hardness and good wear resistance, which makes them important materials for the coating industry. This thesis focuses the synthesis of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, and silicon carbonitride thin films by reactive magnetron sputtering. The films were characterized based on their che...

Stimulated emission from sensitized erbium ions in silicon-rich silicon nitride is demonstrated by pump-probe measurements carried out in waveguides. A decrease in the photoinduced absorption of the probe at the wavelength of erbium emission is observed and is attributed to stimulated emission from erbium excited indirectly via localized states in the silicon nitride matrix.

The composition and properties of boron nitride coatings are described. They can be used to coat and protect metallic and ceramic components used at elevated temperatures. For this purpose, the properties of boron nitride as well as the demands placed on starting materials in the production of such coatings are discussed. Additionally, examples for their practical application are given. Interce...