Effect of ball mill method on microstructure and electrical properties of...
This work focuses on the temperature stability of resistance below the switching temperature of positive temperature coefficient resistor (PTCR) ceramics. The BaTiO3 based PTCR powders were grinded by...
View ArticleEvolution of textured microstructure of Li-doped (K,Na)NbO3 ceramics prepared...
All rights reserved. (K0.45Na0.55)0.94Li0.06NbO3 (KNLN) ceramics with high texture degree (Lotgering factor f = 94%) were prepared by reactive templated grain growth (RTGG) using plate-like NaNbO3 (NN)...
View ArticlePreparation of textured K2BiNb5O15 ceramics with rod-like templates by the...
This work focuses on the fabrication of textured ceramics with rod-like templates using screen-printing technique. Rod-like K2BiNb 5O15 (KBIN) crystals with an aspect ratio of 10:1 were synthesized by...
View Article(100)-Textured KNN-based thick film with enhanced piezoelectric property for...
Using tape-casting technology, 35 mu m free-standing (100)-textured Li doped KNN (KNLN) thick film was prepared by employing NaNbO3 (NN) as template. It exhibited similar piezoelectric behavior to lead...
View ArticleExperimental demonstration of propagating plasmons in metallic nanoshells
In this paper, we show the experimental demonstration of plasmon propagation in cylindrical metallic nanoshells which is coated, via the electroless silver deposition method, on dielectric nanorods...
View ArticleStress-strain modeling of concrete columns with localized failure: An...
Axially-loaded concrete columns with postpeak strain-softening suffer large inelastic deformation only in a localized failure zone, leading to nonuniform deformation along the height of the columns....
View ArticleUpconversion fluorescent carbon nanodots enriched with nitrogen for light...
Fluorescent nitrogen-enriched carbon nanodots (C-dots) of 1 to 3 nm were obtained through a one-pot reaction between melamine and glycerol. These C-dots show quantum yields up to 22% and a high...
View ArticleEffect of refractive index mismatch aberration in arsenic trisulfide
We demonstrate compensation for the spherical aberration due to the refractive index mismatch that occurs when a laser beam is focused into a thick arsenic trisulfide (As -2 S -3 ) film with a high...
View ArticleMechanical behavior of steel-reinforced concrete-filled steel tubular...
In this paper, the mechanical behaviors and failure mechanism of steel-reinforced concrete-filled steel tubular (SRCFST) columns were numerically investigated with the software of ABAQUS/standard...
View ArticleThree-dimensional orientation-unlimited polarization encryption by a single...
The interplay between light polarization and matter is the basis of many fundamental physical processes and applications. However, the electromagnetic wave nature of light in free space sets a...
View ArticleNanoplasmonics: A frontier of photovoltaic solar cells
Nanoplasmonics recently has emerged as a new frontier of photovoltaic research. Noble metal nanostructures that can concentrate and guide light have demonstrated great capability for dramatically...
View ArticleMicrofluidic sensing: State of the art fabrication and detection techniques
Here we introduce the existing fabrication techniques, detection methods, and related techniques for microfluidic sensing, with an emphasis on the detection techniques. A general survey and comparison...
View ArticleUltrahigh nonlinear nanoshell plasmonic waveguide with total energy confinement
Dielectric nonlinear waveguides have reached their maximum potential in achieving high nonlinearity due to the limitation of mode confinement beyond the diffraction limit. We theoretically demonstrate...
View ArticlePlanar defects in three-dimensional chalcogenide glass photonic crystals
Here we report on the direct laser writing fabrication of Fabry-Perot-type planar microcavities in a threedimensional (3D) photonic crystal (PhC) embedded within a high-refractive nonlinear...
View ArticleGeneration of λ/12 nanowires in chalcogenide glasses
Nanowires have been widely studied and have gained a lot of interest in the past decade. Because of their high refractive index and high nonlinearity, chalcogenide glasses (ChGs) are a good candidate...
View ArticleChemical kinetics of gold nanorod growth in aqueous CTAB solutions
The chemical kinetics of the silver-mediated growth of gold nanorods prepared by the reduction of gold precursor in aqueous cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) solution has been systematically...
View ArticleEnhanced two-channel nonlinear imaging by a highly polarized supercontinuum...
Real-time monitoring the variation of chlorophyll distributions and cellular structures in leaves during plant growth provides important information for understanding the physiological statuses of...
View ArticleHigh-photosensitive resin for super-resolution direct-laser-writing based on...
An ethoxylated bis-phenol-A dimethacrylate based photoresin BPE-100 of relatively high photosensitivity and modulus is used for the creation of sub-50 nm features. This is achieved by using the direct...
View ArticleLifetime distribution of spontaneous emission from emitter(s) in...
Spontaneous emission lifetime distribution in the basic unit cell or on a plane of the excited emitters embedded in woodpile photonics crystals with low refractive index contrast are investigated. It...
View ArticleCircular dichroism in biological photonic crystals and cubic chiral nets
Nature provides impressive examples of chiral photonic crystals, with the notable example of the cubic so-called srs network (the label for the chiral degree-three network modeled on SrSi2) or gyroid...
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