Structure, Growth, and Properties

Prevention of Localized Corrosion. Available data on the various physical and chemical aspects of passivity, including the composition, thickness, structure, growth, and properties of passive layers should be used in the studies of localized corrosion. A good understanding of the surface reactions involved in the formation and composition of passive films, passivation/repassivation, is necessary for the development of highly... 

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This essay on the lanthanides has repeatedly drawn attention to a problem of immense importance in both chemistry and biochemistry. The role of water in controlling the stability, the structure, and the lability of coordination compounds. In fact the emphasis extends from coordination compounds to the surfaces of solids47. The role of water is then bound to be extremely important not only in complex chemistry and catalysis but in the growth and properties of crystals and amorphous materials. We can illustrate the problems outside Ln(III) chemistry48,49. ... 

Hossain MK, Dutta J. Novel sol-gel route for the growth of ZnO nanoparticles, nanowires and nanobetts. The 2nd International Conference on Structure, Processing and Properties of Materials. February 25-27, Dhaka, Bangladesh, vol. 75, 2004. 

Sensory structures however, are able to detect and monitor deformations, deflections or even structural conditions and properties (e. g. the growth of damages) via integrated sensors. In the case of a critical condition or property an output of information about the actual condition or just a warning will be generated. This kind of condition monitoring (CM) is also called structural health monitoring (SHM). 

Subramania G., Constant K., Biswas R., Sigalas M.M., Ho K.M. Inverse face-centered cubic thin film photonic crystals. Adv. Mater. 2001 13 443-446 Sun H.B., Matsuo S., Misawa H. Three-dimensional photonic crystal structures achieved with two-photon-absorption photopolymerization of resin. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1999 74 786-788 Sun H.B., Song I., Xu Y., Matsuo S., Misawa H., Du G., Liu S. Growth and property characterizations of photonic crystal structures consisting of colloidal microparticles. J. Opt. Soc. Am. 2000a 17 476-480... 

Before discussing the growth and properties of GaN(llOO) epilayers, a basic knowledge of y-LiAl02, the substrate used in this study, is necessary. In this section, a brief description of its crystal structure and preparation for growth is presented. Selected properties of LLAIO2 (LAO) related to the epilayers are pointed out. Finally, the merits and drawbacks of an alternative subshate [6H-SiC(li00)] are discussed. 

Reactive gases in the deposition system can influence the growth, structure, morphology, and properties of the deposited films. The origins of these effects are poorly understood, but some portion of the effects can be attributed to changing the surface mobility of the adatom. 

The direct linking of carbon nanotubes to graphite and the continuity in synthesis, structure and properties between carbon nanotubes and vapor grown carbon fibers is reviewed by the present leaders of this area, Professor M. Endo, H. Kroto, and co-workers. Further insight into the growth mechanism is presented in the article by Colbert and Smalley. New synthesis methods leading to enhanced production... 

Another remarkable feature of thin film rheology to be discussed here is the quantized" property of molecularly thin films. It has been reported [8,24] that measured normal forces between two mica surfaces across molecularly thin films exhibit oscillations between attraction and repulsion with an amplitude in exponential growth and a periodicity approximately equal to the dimension of the confined molecules. Thus, the normal force is quantized, depending on the thickness of the confined films. The quantized property in normal force results from an ordering structure of the confined liquid, known as the layering, that molecules are packed in thin films layer by layer, as revealed by computer simulations (see Fig. 12 in Section 3.4). The quantized property appears also in friction measurements. Friction forces between smooth mica surfaces separated by three layers of the liquid octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS), for example, were measured as a function of time [24]. Results show that friction increased to higher values in a quantized way when the number of layers falls from n = 3 to n = 2 and then to M = 1. 

Growth, Structure, and Properties of Plasma-Deposited Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon-Nitrogen Films... 

Research on plasma-deposited a-C(N) H films has been frequently included in the general discussion of carbon nitride solids [2, 3]. However, the presence of hydrogen in its composition, and the complexity of the deposition process, which introduces the nitrogen species in the already intricate hydrocarbon plasma-deposition mechanism, make a-C(N) H films deserve special consideration. This is the aim of the present work to review and to discuss the main results on the growth, structure, and properties of plasma-deposited a-C(N) H films. As this subject is closely related to a-C H films, a summary of the main aspects relative to the plasma deposition of a-C H films, their structure, and the relationship between the main process parameters governing film structure and properties is presented... 

Since the main parameter influencing diamond-like carbon film structure is the energy of bombarding ions, it is expected that the same happens with a-C H films. In fact, it was found that in RFPECVD deposition of a-C H films, the variation of substrate self-bias results in strong changes of film growth, composition, structure, and properties. 

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