We report direct observation of a "Pac-Man" like coarsening mechanism of a self-supporting thin film of nickel oxide. The ultrathin film has an intrinsic morphological instability due to surface stress leading to the development of local thicker regions at step edges. Density functional theory calculations and continuum modeling of the elastic instability support the model for the process.

Article history: Received 11 January 2012 Received in revised form 27 March 2012 Accepted 25 April 2012 Available online 26 May 2012 0026-2714/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2012.04.017 ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (A. Cerdeir In this work we present a procedure for modeling the characteristics of amorphous oxide sem...

To elucidate the effect of size on the pulmonary toxicity of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), we prepared two types of dispersed SWCNTs, namely relatively thin bundles with short linear shapes (CNT-1) and thick bundles with long linear shapes (CNT-2), and conducted rat intratracheal instillation tests and in vitro cell-based assays using NR8383 rat alveolar macrophages. Total protein leve...

Temperature drops at the interfaces between thermoelectric materials and the heat source and sink reduce the overall efficiency of thermoelectric systems. Nanostructured interfaces based on vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) promise the combination of mechanical compliance and high thermal conductance required for thermoelectric modules, which are subjected to severe thermomechanical st...

The residual stresses of the thin-walled injection molding are investigated in this study. It was realized that the behavior of residual stresses in injection molding parts was affected by different process conditions such as melt temperature, mold temperature, packing pressure and filling time. The layer removal method was used to measure the residual stresses at a thin-walled test sample by a...

Selective area growth of carbon nanotubes (CNT) has been used to control the diameter of CNTs. Narrow lines of SiO2 (12−60 nm) are formed at the cleaved face of a Si/SiO2/Si multilayer structure. CNTs are then grown by a chemical vapor deposition process with a ferrocene/xylene/ H2/Ar mixture at 700 °C. CNTs are observed to grow only on the exposed SiO2 surface at the edge of the “mesa” structu...

Abstract Carbon nanotube (CNT)-doped transparent conductive films (TCFs) is an encouraging option toward generally utilized indium tin oxide-depended TCFs for prospective stretchable optoelectronic materials. Industrial specifications of involve not just with high electrical performance and transparency but also amidst environmental resistance mechanical characteristic; those are usually excuse...

The relationship between the physical structure of carbon nanotube (CNT) honeycomb structures and their total, diffuse, and specular reflectance is investigated for the first time. It is found that CNT honeycomb structures with average cell areas of smaller than 30 μm² show a higher total reflectance. Particularly, a thinner, highly packed CNT (buckypaper) film, along with a larger wall height ...

Versatile Filter Transfer Method for Carbon-Nanotube Thin Films In article number 2100953, Manabu Ishizaki, Masato Kurihara, and co-workers develop a solution-processed press-free transfer method of carbon-nanotube (CNT) thin films onto arbitrary materials by using polytetrafluoroethylene membrane filters. Topically, CNT can be transferred solvent-sensitive perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) layer as top-...

The production of high-performance carbon nanotube (CNT) materials demands understanding of the growth behavior of individual CNTs as well as collective effects among CNTs. We demonstrate the first use of grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering to monitor in real time the synthesis of CNT films by chemical vapor deposition. We use a custom-built cold-wall reactor along with a high-speed ...