Preparation and gas barrier characteristics of polysilazane-derived silica thin films formed on PET by simultaneously applying ultraviolet-irradiation and heattreatment have been investigated. Water-vapor-permeability of the thin film formed by UV irradiation at 100°C was 0.03 g/m2・day, indicating the good water-vapor resistance. The values of gas barrier characteristics depended on the substra...

This work presents a structural investigation of lithium borate (LBO) thin film. Firstly, 100 nm SiO2 was grown on top of n–type Si substrate by dry oxidation. Secondly, LBO gel was prepared by sol–gel method. After it, thin film of LBO was deposited on functionally graded SiO2/Si stack by spin coating, and then Raman and infrared spectra were studied for different thickness of the LBO film. Go...

The basic optical properties and optical constants of the ionomer thin film have been investigated by means of transmittance and reflectance spectra. The real (n) and imaginary (k) parts of the complex refractive index and dielectric constant of the thin film were determined. The oscillator energy Eo, dispersion energy Ed and other parameters have been determined by the Wemple– DiDomenico metho...

For Micro-electro-mechanical System (MEMS) applications, TiNi-based thin film Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) possess many desirable properties, such as high power density, large transformation stress and strain upon heating and cooling, superelasticity and biocompatibility. In this paper, recent development in TiNi-based thin film SMA and microactuator Thin film SMAs and microactuators 209 applicat...

A non-invasive method for measuring the refractive index, extinction coefficient and film thickness of absorptive thin films using spectral-domain optical coherent tomography is proposed, analyzed and experimentally demonstrated. Such an optical system employing a normal-incident beam of light exhibits a high spatial resolution. There are no mechanical moving parts involved for the measurement ...

A novel and simple numerical method for finding the best thin-film structures for third-order dispersion compensation has been achieved. A target third-order dispersion value is specified first; then the multilayer thin-film structure is optimized to have a second-order dispersion spectrum, which has the least deviation from linearity and has a slope that equals the specified third-order disper...

ZnS thin film properties are overviewed in this research paper. These include absorbance, transmittance, optical band gap, refractive index and structure (on the basis of X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy). It has been observed that these film properties are dependent on various parameters e.g. thickness of the film, deposition method, deposition rate, substrate material, subst...

objective(s):the objective of this study was to determine the cytotoxic effects of nanoliposomal form of lyophilized aqueous extract of agrostemma githago (a. githago) seeds on gastric cancer cell line (ags) using cell viability tests. materials and methods: lyophilized aqueous extract of a. githago seeds was prepared. liposomes were also prepared by thin-film hydration method and their stabili...

A new electrochemical method for determination of imidacloprid using chronopotentiometry on thin film mercury and glassy carbon electrode was presented. The most important experimental parameters of chronopotentiometry were examined and optimized with respect to imidacloprid analytical signal. Imidacloprid provided well-defined reduction peak in Britton-Robinson buffer on thin film mercury elec...