A heteroquantum-dots (HQD) model for hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon films (nc-Si:H) is proposed. The main features of our model are as follows. (i) the nanocrystalline grains and the amorphous counterparts in which they are embedded have very different band gap and band structures. As a result, they form heterojunctionlike structures in the interface regions, where the band offset effects...

Title of Dissertation: CHARACTERIZATION, MODELING, AND OPTIMIZATION OF POLYMER COMPOSITE PIN FINS Raj Bahadur, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Directed By: Professor, Avram Bar-Cohen, Mechanical Engineering Increasing electronic product manufacturing volumes and cooling requirements necessitate the use of new materials and innovative techniques to meet the thermal management challenges and to contri...

The Li+ ion diffusion coefficient of lithium iron phosphate LiFePO4 cathode materials should not be measured by the standard method because there is no composition variation but the movement of the LiFePO4/FePO4 interface during Li insertion/ extraction. A method to measure the intrinsic electronic and ionic conductivity of mixed conductive LiFePO4 was reported, for the first time, based on the...

Negative diagonal magneto-conductivity/resistivity is a spectacular- and thought provoking-property of driven, far-from-equilibrium, low dimensional electronic systems. The physical response of this exotic electronic state is not yet fully understood since it is rarely encountered in experiment. The microwave-radiation-induced zero-resistance state in the high mobility GaAs/AlGaAs 2D electron s...

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Optical conductivity measurements may provide access to distinct signatures of Floquet electronic phases, which are described theoretically by their quasienergy band structures. We characterize experimental observables the graphene antidot lattice (FGAL), we introduced previously [Phys. Rev. B 104, 174304 (2021)]. On basis linear response theory, real and imaginary parts longitudinal Hall optic...