In this contribution we demonstrate a method of synthesizing a hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) thin film by ambient pressure chemical vapor deposition on polycrystalline Ni films. Depending on the growth conditions, the thickness of the obtained h-BN film is between ∼5 and 50 nm. The h-BN grows continuously on the entire Ni surface and the region with uniform thickness can be up to 20 μm in late...

Quantum cross (QC) devices which consist of two Ni thin films deposited on polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) substrates with their edges crossing have been fabricated and its current-voltage characteristics have been investigated. The cross-sectional area between the two Ni electrodes, which was made without the use of electron-beam or optical lithography, is as small as 17 nm x 17 nm. We have suc...

Interdiffusion studies on high-T, superconducting YBasCu,O,_s thin films with thicknes~s in the range of 2000-3000 A, on a Si(ll1) substrate with a buffer layer have been performed. The buffer layer consists of a 400 A thick epitaxial Nisi, layer, covered with 1200 A of polycrystalline 210,. YBa,Cu,O,_s films were prepared using laser ablation. The YBa,Cu,O,_, films on the Si/NiSi,/ZrOs substra...

molybdenum thin films with 50 and 150 nm thicknesses were deposited on silicon substrates, using dc magnetron sputtering system, then post-annealed at different temperatures (200, 325, 450, 575 and 700°c) with flow oxygen at 200 sccm (standard cubic centimeter per minute). the crystallographic structure of the films was obtained by means of x-ray diffraction (xrd) analysis. an atomic force micr...

zno thin films were deposited on si(400) substrates by e-beam evaporation technique, and then post-annealed at different annealing temperatures (200-800°c). dependence of the crystallographic structure, nano-strain, chemical composition and surface physical morphology of these layers on annealing temperature were studied. the crystallographic structure of films was studied using x-ray diffracti...

The technique of DGT (diffusive gradients in thin films) using three diffusive gel thicknesses was applied to estimate the mobility and bioavailability of heavy metals in sediments and porewater of Lake Taihu, China. The DGT results showed significantly positive correlations between Co, Pb, Cd and Mn, and Ni and Fe concentrations in porewater. Cu and Zn showed a significantly negative correlati...

This work reports an X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy study at the Ni K-edge in the early stages of growth of NiO on non-ordered SiO2, Al2O3 and MgO thin films substrates. Two different coverages of NiO on the substrates have been studied. The analysis of the XANES region shows that for high coverages (80 Eq-ML) the spectra are similar to that of bulk NiO, being identic...

Objective(s): Biodegradable polymers are featured with notable potentials for biotechnology and bioengineering purposes. Still, there are limitations in their applicability so that in many cases composite forms are used. The present study is focused on chitosan (CS), gelatin (GEL), honey (H) and aloe vera (AV) for preparation of thin films.Methods: To prepare the thin film, CS and GEL wit...

in this paper, the effect of magnetic field on the morphology, structure and magnetic properties of electrodeposited fecu/cu thin films was investigated. the films were deposited on au2pdag/glass substrates using electrodeposition technique in potentiostatic control. the magnetic fields of 5000 and 7000 oe were applied on deposition bath during deposition. two series of thin films were prepared...

silicon thin layers are deposited on glass substrates with the thickness of 103 nm, 147 nm and 197 nm. the layers are produced with electron gun evaporation method under ultra-high vacuum condition. the optical reectance and the transmittance of produced layers were measured by using spectrophotometer. the optical functions such as, real and imaginary part of refractive index, real and imaginar...