An advanced series resistance model is developed to accurately predict source/drain (S/D) series resistance of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) in the nanometer regime. The series resistance is modeled by dividing into four resistance components named SDE-to-gate overlap, S/D extension, deep S/D, and silicide-diffusion contact resistance considering the nonnegligible doping-depend...

Single-crystals X-ray structure analysis of very thermally labile and moisture sensitive ammoniate crystals of [K0.28Rb7.72Si9Ni(CO)2]2·16NH3 show the presence of the very rarely observed nickel-silicide complex [{Ni(CO)2}2(μ-Si9)2]8−, which was up to now only known in the 18-crown-6 involving solid [Rb@18-crown-6)]2[K@18-crown6)]2Rb4[{Ni(CO)2}2(μ-Si9)2]·22NH3. This shows that, like already kno...

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are an environmentally friendly method for water purification and self-sustained electricity generation using microorganisms. Microsized MFCs can also be a useful power source for lab-on-a-chip and similar integrated devices. We fabricated a 1.25 μL microsized MFC containing an anode of vertically aligned, forest type multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with a nick...

This paper presents a low cost process for fabrication of high efficiency silicon-based solar cells from front side ARC patterning through contact line metallization. This process utilizes a screen printable etch resist to define the contact pattern and a wet etching solution to remove the exposed ARC layer. The metallization stack for the contact line pattern consists of a nickel silicide ohmi...

Influence of thickness of magnesium coverage deposited at room temperature and 100 C on the atomically-clean surface Si(5 5 12)-2x1 on the electrical properties and morphology of the sample was investigated. It was established that deposition of Mg at room temperature results in formation of nanowires in the direction [-110] on silicon along narrow terraces formed after the high temperature cle...

A computational investigation using a unique model and a solution algorithm was conducted, changing only the saturation pressure of one material artificially during nanopowder formation in thermal plasma fabrication, to highlight the effects of the saturation pressure difference between a metal and silicon. The model can not only express any profile of particle size-composition distribution for...

A boron-modified molybdenum silicide material having the composition comprising about 80 to about 90 weight % Mo, about 10 to about 20 weight % Si, and about 0.1 to about 2 weight % B and a multiphase microstructure including Mo.sub.5 Si.sub.3 phase as at least one microstructural component effective to impart good high temperature creep resistance. The boron-modified molybdenum silicide materi...

Soft x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy has been used to examine the electronic structure of deeply buried silicide thin films that arise in Fe/Si multilayers. These systems exhibit antiferromagnetic (AF) coupling of the Fe layers, despite their lack of a noble metal spacer layer found in most GMR materials. Also, the degree of coupling is very dependent on preparation conditions, especially space...

This work designs a silica (SiO2) layer on molybdenum metal core to provide new insights the corrosion resistance of silica/silicide coating in Ni-based superalloy. The substrate coated with MoSi2 by pack cementation was pre-oxidized fabricate cristobalite scale surface and preoxidation specimens were chosen examine corrosion-resistant property using DSM11 superalloy at 1550 °C. In order prepar...

Available online 18 May 2011