Room-Temperature oscillations in a superlattice structure

1986 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Davies ◽  
P.H. Beaton ◽  
M.J. Kelly ◽  
T.M. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Superlattice Structure ◽  
Temperature Oscillations

Thermal Characterization of Cu/CoFe Multilayer for Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) Head Applications

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Yang ◽  
M. Asheghi
Keyword(s):  
Giant Magnetoresistance ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Boltzmann Transport Equation ◽  
Thermal Characterization ◽  
Disk Drive ◽  
Boltzmann Transport ◽  
Self Heating ◽  
Superlattice Structure ◽  
Metallic Ferromagnet

Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) head technology is one of the latest advancement in hard disk drive (HDD) storage industry. The GMR head superlattice structure consists of alternating layers of extremely thin metallic ferromagnet and paramagnet films. A large decrease in the resistivity from antiparallel to parallel alignment of the film magnetizations can be observed, known as giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect. The present work characterizes the in-plane electrical and thermal conductivities of Cu/CoFe GMR multilayer structure in the temperature range of 50 K to 340 K using Joule-heating and electrical resistance thermometry in suspended bridges. The thermal conductivity of the GMR layer monotonously increased from 25 Wm−1K−1 (at 55 K) to nearly 50 Wm−1K−1 (at room temperature). We also report the GMR ratio of 17% and a large negative magnetothermal resistance effect (GMTR) of 33% in Cu/CoFe superlattice structure. The Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) is used to estimate the GMR ratio, and to investigate the effect of repeats, as well as the spin-dependent interface and boundary scatting on the transport properties of the GMR structure. Aside from the interesting underlying physics, these data can be used in the predictions of the Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) failure and self-heating in GMR heads.

Raman Scatteringl And Infrared Absorption in Lithium Intercalated MoS2

1988 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sekine ◽  
C. Julien ◽  
M. Jouanne ◽  
M. Weber ◽  
M. Balkanski
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Host Lattice ◽  
Ir Absorption ◽  
High Frequency Region ◽  
Superlattice Structure ◽  
Layer Mode ◽  
Rigid Layer ◽  
Substitutional Defects

AbstractRaman scattering and IR absorption were studied in Li-intercalated MoS2 at room temperature. After intercalation, new Raman peaks were observed at low-frequency sides of the high-frequency original Raman peaks and around a rigid-layer mode. This fact indicates the formation of superlattice structure along the c-axis. An intercalation mode in which Li atoms vibrate strongly against the host lattice was observed at about 205 cm−1. Two new broad bands grow in the high-frequency region as the concentration of Li increases. The corresponding peaks were observed by IR absorption. They appears to be caused by vibrations of substitutional defects, in which the Li atoms have substituted for Mo atoms in the host lattice.

Experimental Characterization and Modeling of InP-based Microcoolers

2003 ◽  
Vol 793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeev Singh ◽  
Daryoosh Vashaee ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Million Negassi ◽  
Ali Shakouri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Barrier Layers ◽  
Energy Filtering ◽  
Superlattice Structure ◽  
Temperature Electron

ABSTRACTWe present experimental and theoretical characterization of InP-based heterostructure integrated thermionic (HIT) coolers. In particular, the effect of doping on overall device performance is characterized. Several thin-film cooler devices have been fabricated and analyzed. The coolers consist of a 1μm thick superlattice structure composed of 25 periods of InGaAs well and InGaAsP (λgap ≈ 1.3μm) barrier layers 10 and 30nm thick, respectively. The superlattice is surrounded by highly-doped InGaAs layers that serve as the cathode and anode. All layers are lattice-matched to the n-type InP substrate. N-type doping of the well layers varies from 1.5×1018cm−3 to 8×1018cm−3 between devices, while the barrier layers are undoped. Device cooling performance was measured at room-temperature. Device current-versus-voltage relationships were measured from 45K to room-temperature. Detailed models of electron transport in superlattice structures were used to simulate device performance. Experimental results indicate that low-temperature electron transport is a strong function of well layer doping and that maximum cooling will decrease as this doping is increased. Theoretical models of both I-V curves and maximum cooling agree well with experimental results. The findings indicate that low-temperature electron transport is useful to characterize potential barriers and energy filtering in HIT coolers.

Investigation into the thermoelectric properties of GaSb/InAs superlattice structures

2011 ◽  
Vol 1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip T. Barletta ◽  
Gary E. Bulman ◽  
Geza Dezsi ◽  
Thomas S. Colpitts ◽  
Rama Venkatasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Electrical Characterization ◽  
Thermoelectric Performance ◽  
Preliminary Review ◽  
Thermoelectric Power Factor ◽  
Superlattice Structure ◽  
Mocvd Growth ◽  
Superlattice Structures ◽  
Factor Α

ABSTRACTWe report on our investigation into the use of III-V superlattice structures for thermoelectric (TE) applications. Preliminary review of III-V materials trends indicate that the GaSb/InAs superlattice system should offer one of the best potentials for high thermoelectric performance in the 500K-800K range. MOCVD growth of GaSb/InAs superlattice structures was carried out, and relevant structural, thermal, and electrical characterization has been performed. TEM and XRD results demonstrate a well-ordered superlattice structure. Thermal conductivity measurements reveal a reduction in the room-temperature thermal conductivity of GaSb/InAs superlattices (4.4-10.0 W/m-K), relative to either binary GaSb (32 W/m-K) or InAs (27 W/m-K). Additionally, we have worked to optimize the thermoelectric power factor (α2σ), studying both Se- and Te-doping of the superlattice structures, in an effort to demonstrate optimal thermoelectric performance. Our results demonstrate a maximum ZT of 0.36 at 400K for optimally doped n-type GaSb/InAs superlattice structures.

scholarly journals Experimental Measurements on the Thermal Conductivity of Glycerol-Based Nanofluids with Different Thermal Contrasts

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Mohamed Lotfi ◽  
Rodolphe Heyd ◽  
Abderrahim Bakak ◽  
Abdellah Hadaoui ◽  
Abdelaziz Koumina
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Copper Oxides ◽  
Nanoparticle Volume Fraction ◽  
Graphene Flake ◽  
Temperature Oscillations ◽  
Graphene Flakes ◽  
3Ω Technique

We report, in this work, our study of the thermal conductivity of high-viscosity nanofluids based on glycerol. Three nanofluids have been prepared with different thermal contrasts, by suspending graphene flakes, copper oxides, or silica nanoparticles in pure glycerol. The nanofluids were thermally characterized at room temperature with the 3ω technique, with low amplitudes of the temperature oscillations. A significant enhancement of the thermal conductivity is found in both the glycerol/copper oxide and the glycerol/graphene flake nanofluids. Our results question the role played by the Brownian motion in the microscopic mechanisms of the thermal conductivity of high-viscosity glycerol-based nanofluids. A similar behavior of the thermal conductivity as a function of the nanoparticle volume fraction was found for all three glycerol-based nanofluids presently investigated. These results could be explained on the basis of fractal aggregation in the nanofluids.

Temperature Synchronization, Phase Dynamics and Oscillation Death in a Ring of Thermally-Coupled Rooms

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey O’Brien ◽  
Mihir Sen
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Independent Solution ◽  
Thermal Coupling ◽  
System Of Differential Equations ◽  
Thermostatic Control ◽  
Phase Dynamics ◽  
Temperature Oscillations ◽  
Solution Type ◽  
Synchronization Phase ◽  
Differential Equations Models

Synchronization of coupled, self-excited oscillators in complex systems is a common occurance. This report examines the effects of thermal coupling through the walls of a building on temperature oscillations due to hysteretic thermostatic control. The specific case of three rooms is studied. A system of differential equations models the dynamics of each room temperature, accounting for on-off heating, heat loss to the environment, and heat exchange between rooms. Three types of solutions are observed: one in which all room temperatures oscillate in phase, another with the oscillations equidistant in phase, and a third that is time-independent. The existence and linear stability of each solution type is investigated as a function of a parameter k that represents the thermal interaction between neighboring rooms. The in-phase behavior exists and is linearly stable for all k, the out-of-phase oscillations exist in a band of k and are stable in a smaller band, and the time-independent solution exists above a certain k where they are stable.

Structural Characterization of Ultrathin Epitaxial ErSi2−x on Si(111)

1990 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.H. Kaatz ◽  
J. Van der Spiegel ◽  
W.R. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Domain Formation ◽  
Plan View ◽  
Superlattice Structure ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Vacancy Ordering ◽  
Ultrathin Layers ◽  
Temperature Deposition

ABSTRACTThe epitaxial structure of ErSi2−x on Si(1 11) has been investigated using Rutherford backscattering (RBS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Films 10 nm. thick show channeling minimum yields of 4% after room temperature deposition and annealing to 800°C. Plan view electron microscopy on ultrathin layers 0.5 nm. to 10 nm. thick reveals the formation of a complex microstructure involving vacancy ordering in these films. This superlattice structure is interpreted by considering domain formation and twinning in the heteroepitaxial ErSi2−x.

Dependence of Intergranular Fracture on Boundary Topography and Cohesion

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 150-151
Author(s):  
J. E. Doherty ◽  
A. F. Giamei ◽  
B. H. Kear ◽  
C. W. Steinke
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Nickel Base Superalloy ◽  
Boundary Shear ◽  
Room Temperature Ductility ◽  
Solid Solution Matrix ◽  
Nickel Base ◽  
Solution Matrix ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Base Superalloy

Recently we have been investigating a class of nickel-base superalloys which possess substantial room temperature ductility. This improvement in ductility is directly related to improvements in grain boundary strength due to increased boundary cohesion through control of detrimental impurities and improved boundary shear strength by controlled grain boundary micros true tures.For these investigations an experimental nickel-base superalloy was doped with different levels of sulphur impurity. The micros tructure after a heat treatment of 1360°C for 2 hr, 1200°C for 16 hr consists of coherent precipitates of γ’ Ni3(Al,X) in a nickel solid solution matrix.

Hepatocyte Alterations in Guinea Pigs FED Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Dibenzodioxins (PCDD), AND DIBENZOFURANS (PCDF)

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 56-57
Author(s):  
J. N. Turner ◽  
D. N. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Dose Group ◽  
Methyl Cellulose ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Target Organ ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Lead Citrate ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Cooling Fluid

A fire involving an electric service transformer and its cooling fluid, a mixture of PCBs and chlorinated benzenes, contaminated an office building with a fine soot. Chemical analysis showed PCDDs and PCDFs including the highly toxic tetra isomers. Guinea pigs were chosen as an experimental animal to test the soot's toxicity because of their sensitivity to these compounds, and the liver was examined because it is a target organ. The soot was suspended in 0.75% methyl cellulose and administered in a single dose by gavage at levels of 1,10,100, and 500mgm soot/kgm body weight. Each dose group was composed of 6 males and 6 females. Control groups included 12 (6 male, 6 female) animals fed activated carbon in methyl cellulose, 6 males fed methyl cellulose, and 16 males and 10 females untreated. The guinea pigs were sacrificed at 42 days by suffocation in CO2. Liver samples were immediately immersed and minced in 2% gluteraldehyde in cacadylate buffer at pH 7.4 and 4°C. After overnight fixation, samples were postfixed in 1% OsO4 in cacodylate for 1 hr at room temperature, embedded in epon, sectioned and stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate.

Domain Formation in Synthetic Quartz

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Comer
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Domain Formation ◽  
Synthetic Quartz ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Diffraction Mode ◽  
Domain Boundaries ◽  
Kikuchi Lines ◽  
Straight Lines

Domains visible by transmission electron microscopy, believed to be Dauphiné inversion twins, were found in some specimens of synthetic quartz heated to 680°C and cooled to room temperature. With the electron beam close to parallel to the [0001] direction the domain boundaries appeared as straight lines normal to <100> and <410> or <510> directions. In the selected area diffraction mode, a shift of the Kikuchi lines was observed when the electron beam was made to traverse the specimen across a boundary. This shift indicates a change in orientation which accounts for the visibility of the domain by diffraction contrast when the specimen is tilted. Upon exposure to a 100 KV electron beam with a flux of 5x 1018 electrons/cm2sec the boundaries are rapidly decorated by radiation damage centers appearing as black spots. Similar crystallographio boundaries were sometimes found in unannealed (0001) quartz damaged by electrons.

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