TL;DR: The class of tetragonal iron-rare-earth-boron compounds that produce high performance permanent magnets has been expanded by identifying isostructural carbides that have high magnetocrystalline anisotropy as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The rapid expansion of supercritical fluid solutions of polycarbosilane in pentane has been used to prepare fine polycarboseilane powders (see as mentioned in this paper for example).

TL;DR: In this paper, the glass-forming ability of binary alloys produced by ion beam mixing and by laser quenching is analyzed using a map formed by thermochemical coordinates, which are the atomic size ratio and the heat of formation of the liquid alloy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new approach for bonding two silicon wafers together is described, which includes an electrostatic adhering followed by a rapid thermal bonding (RTB) process.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that for an accurate description of the electromechanical behavior of modified lead titanate ceramics, all material constants relevant for the planar coupling mode (s11, e33d31) must be taken as complex.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of self-radiation damage on microstructure and fracture properties in Cm-doped Ca 2 Nd 8 (SiO 4 ) 6 O 2 were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a structural model of the bulk As 0.45Se0.4s amorphous alloy has been built by the random Monte Carlo technique, which is in good agreement with the atomic radial distribution function obtained by X-ray diffraction.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that some zeolites can be melted in a matter of seconds in a standard kitchen-type microwave oven with a frequency of 2.45 GHz, and that dielectric heating behavior is controlled in part by the topology of the anionic framework, location and nature of the exchange ions within the framework.

TL;DR: In this article, a reduction in intrinsic coercivity of small particles obtained by crushing sintered commercial Fe-Nd-B magnets was shown to occur with increasing severity as the size of the polycrystalline particles drops.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analytical expression for the area below the first peak in the radial distribution function of an amorphous material was obtained, in which the products of atomic factors were approximated by the polynomial which was best fitted to the tabulated values and parameters reflecting structural properties were introduced, on which hypotheses permitting the elaboration of a short-range order model of the alloy may be carried out.

TL;DR: The irreversibility of anodic bonds of silicon to Pyrex is examined in this paper, where it is shown that extended periods of reverse bias do not cause bond failure and instead, a brown deposit plates at the bond interface.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of an electric potential during solidification upon the structural modification of Pb-Sb-Sn near eutectic alloy has been studied and it was observed that with the application of potential the primary phase solidification was completely avoided and the resulting eutectoric structure was extremely finer in contrast to that of normally furnace cooled eUTectics.

TL;DR: In this article, the atomic radial distribution function of the amorphous alloy As 0.40Se0.30Te 0.30, obtained from the quenching of the molten mixture of the elements, was analyzed.

TL;DR: In this article, a reproducible low-pressure, reproducible process for producing large-area device-quality single-crystal silicon carbide (SiC) on 〈100〉 and ��111〉 p-type silicon substrates is described.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method was developed for the chemical deposition of ZnS thin films on glass substrate at room temperature (30°C) using Zn2+-salt solution, triethanolamine (TEA), sodium hydroxide, hydrazine hydrate and thiourea as reacting agents.

TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt was made to deposit carbon films by photo-CVD, utilizing 185 nm light from a low-pressure mercury lamp to photolyze acetylene.

TL;DR: The sillenite phase in the Bi2O3-Fe2O 3 system has been characterized by X-ray, infrared absorption and magnetic susceptibility measurements as discussed by the authors, which corresponded to a concentration of 3.7 ± 0.2 mol% Fe 2O3 only compatible with a Bi25FeO40 stoichiometry.

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed annealing experiment was carried out to identify the mechanisms of composition changes in AgGaSe 2 crystals, which enhanced the optical quality of the as-grown crystal by reducing light scattering.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the dielectric breakdown characteristics of thin (≈10 nm) silicon dioxide films grown on silicon under the following conditions: (A) standard oxidation process with the oxide grown at 800°C; (B) annealing the oxides at 1000°C in argon for 30 min after going through step (A); (C) two-step oxidation, i.e., 800°c-4 nm followed by 1000°c anneal for 30min in Argon and a final oxidation at 800¼C to grow a

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel approach is used to prepare finely divided metallic powders by starting with conventional salts of either copper, palladium, or gold, highly porous metals are produced upon the hypercritical venting of the solvent used to suspend the salts.

TL;DR: In this paper, overlapping martensite doublets have been resolved by approximating each component peak by a Pearson VII function, and the Bragg angle difference between the component peaks of the resolved doublet is then used to calculate the carbon content of the martensites based on equations originally proposed by Roberts.

TL;DR: In this paper, single phase polycrystalline films of AgGaSe 2 with different thicknesses were prepared on glass substrates by flash evaporation technique, at a substrate temperature of 523 K. The electrical properties of these films such as resistivity.

TL;DR: In this article, the current-time and non-linear current-voltage characteristics in the Cu0.15As0.35Se0.50 chalcogenide semiconductor glass are analyzed.

TL;DR: An X-ray diffraction radial-distribution study of the Cu15As34Se51, alloy obtained by the melt-quench method, has been performed as discussed by the authors, and the short-range order may be a tetrahedral framework centered on Cu and some on As atoms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the lattice constants of Cd 1− x Zn x Te mixed compound semiconductor were measured by an X-ray diffractometer for samples of various compositions x = 0.02-0.00

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found a direct correlation between micro-sphere loading (effective porosity) and the relative dielectric permittivity, and showed that the porosity of hollow glass microspheres is positively correlated with the relative delectricity.

TL;DR: The existence of a phase transition was confirmed near 560 K in BaEu 2 Mn 2 O 7 by high-temperature X-ray diffractometry as discussed by the authors, where the orthorhombic phase which is stable below this temperature and for stoichiometric composition transforms into the tetragonal phase without any large change along the c -axis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructures of X2020 high strength aluminum alloys processed by liquid dynamic compaction (LDC) were investigated using transmission electron microscopy, and no significant difference was found in the intragranular precipitation of the major strengthening phases in the LDC alloys.

TL;DR: In this paper, the tensile intrinsic stress of the oxide in ≈ 1 μm thick films is ≈ 5 × 10 9 dyn / cm 2 when deposited from neat DADBS, ≈ 3.5 × 11.5 MV/cm and exhibit leakage currents of ≈ 10 −12 to 10 −13 A at a field of 1 MV/ cm.