Morphology and structure of LiNb0.6Ti0.5O3 particles by molten salt synthesis
M-phase LiNb0.6Ti0.5O3 (LNT) plate-like particles with large anisometric shape were firstly fabricated by molten salt synthesis (MSS) method in LiCl flux. Effects of reaction temperature, holding time...
View ArticleDesign of zero dispersive double clad fiber for high efficiency operation of...
A double clad solid silica fiber is newly designed for applications which need the high efficiency operation of two colors of light. Ultrashort pulses with a central wavelength of 800 nm are delivered...
View ArticleOptimized electroless silver coating for optical and plasmonic applications
Electroless metal deposition is a simple and convenient technique to fabricate metallic films and to provide isotropic metal functionalization of 3D structures with complex geometries. In this work, we...
View ArticleEfficiency enhancement of screen-printed multicrystalline silicon solar cells...
Multicrystalline silicon solar cells play an increasingly important role in the world photovoltaic market. Boosting the comparatively low energy conversion efficiency of multicrystalline silicon solar...
View ArticleBroadband enhancement in thin-film amorphous silicon solar cells enabled by...
Recently plasmonic effects have gained tremendous interest in solar cell research because they are deemed to be able to dramatically boost the efficiency of thin-film solar cells. However, despite of...
View ArticleSeed-Free Solid-State Growth of Large Lead-Free Piezoelectric Single...
Large Na0.5K0.5NbO3 (NKN) piezoelectric single crystals were obtained by seed-free solid-state crystal growth method, which is a traditional sintering grain growth process, with LiBiO3 used as a...
View ArticleBernoulli particle filter with observer control for bearings-only tracking in...
The context is autonomous bearings-only tracking of a single appearing/disappearing target in the presence of detection uncertainty (false and missed detections) with observer control. The optimal...
View ArticleSuperresolution-focal-volume induced 3.0 Tbytes / disk capacity by focusing a...
This paper reports on the study of the superresolution volume of the focal spot by focusing a radially polarized beam. This feature is achieved by increasing the inner radius of a high NA annular...
View ArticleType-II core/shell nanoparticle induced photorefractivity
We demonstrate engineering the photocharge generation efficiency of nanoparticles on the nanometer scale by using a type-II band-gap structure. Compared to bare CdSe cores, the dispersion of type-II...
View ArticleGraphene oxide nanoparticles as a nonbleaching optical probe for two-photon...
Lasting glow: Under femtosecond laser irradiation, graphene oxide nanoparticles (GONs) give strong two-photon luminescence (TPL; see picture). The presence of GONs also induces microbubbling, which...
View ArticleFabrication and characterization of three-dimensional biomimetic chiral...
Here we show the fabrication and characterization of a novel class of biomimetic photonic chiral composites inspired by a recent finding in butterfly wing-scales. These three-dimensional networks have...
View ArticleNanostructured plasmonic medium for terahertz bandwidth all-optical switching
Periodic nanostructuring can enhance the optical nonlinearity of plasmonic metals by several orders of magnitude. By patterning a gold film, the largest sub-100 femtosecond nonlinearity is achieved,...
View ArticleEnhanced piezoelectric properties of (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O3 lead-free...
Lead-free (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O3 (BCTZ) piezoelectric ceramics were prepared by conventional oxide-mixed method at various calcination and sintering temperatures. Both calcination and sintering...
View ArticleAdaptive aberration compensation for three-dimensional micro-fabrication of...
We present the use of a liquid crystal spatial light modulator to correct for the refractive-index mismatch induced spherical aberration in a high refractive-index lithium niobate crystal when a low...
View ArticleEnhanced electrical properties of textured NBBT ceramics derived from the...
(001)pc-oriented (Na0.5Bi0.5)0.94Ba 0.06TiO3 (NBBT) lead-free piezoelectric ceramics were fabricated by the screen printing technique using Na0.5Bi 0.5TiO3 (NBT) templates. The plate-like NBT template...
View ArticleGrain growth and piezoelectric property of KNN-based lead-free ceramics
Recent advances of (K,Na)NbO3-based lead-free piezoelectric ceramics (KNN) with special emphasis on (K,Na,Li)(Nb,Sb,Ta)O3 representative system is reviewed concisely. The base KNN and its compositional...
View ArticleNationwide collaborative development of learning outcomes and exemplar...
Objectives Internationally, the preparation of pharmacy graduates for professional practice has evolved from educating for capacities for practice, to a focus on competencies, and most recently, on...
View ArticleScaling parameter for fatigue delamination growth in composites under varying...
Fatigue delamination growth in composite laminates is strongly influenced by mean loads or load ratios. Description of this behaviour currently relies on empirical curve fitting, which renders it...
View ArticleA dynamic tester to evaluate the thermal and moisture behaviour of the...
The thermal and moisture behaviour of the microclimate of textiles is crucial in determining the physiological comfort of apparel, but it has not been investigated sufficiently due to the lack of...
View Article(In Ptess) Validation of atmospheric water vapor derived from ship-borne GPS...
Atmospheric water vapor (AWV) was investigated for the first time in the Chinese Bohai Sea using a GPS receiver aboard a lightweight (300-ton) ship. An experiment was conducted to retrieve the AWV...
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