Haze-Free Highly Transparent Glass Substrates with Nanostructured Surface by Using Self-Assembled Ag Etch Masks

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. R6-R11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Zhao ◽  
Illhwan Lee ◽  
Jae Yong Park ◽  
Sang-Hwan Cho ◽  
Chung Sock Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nanostructured Surface ◽  
Transparent Glass ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Etch Masks

Photoluminescence Studies of Silicon Self-Assembled Quantum Dots

2012 ◽  
Vol 501 ◽  
pp. 209-213
Author(s):  
Samsudi Sakrani ◽  
Fatima Aldaw Idrees ◽  
Yussof Wahab ◽  
Zulkafli Othaman ◽  
Imam Sumpono
Keyword(s):  
Substrate Temperature ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Deposition Time ◽  
Rf Power ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Deposition Power ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Photoluminescence Studies ◽  
Increasing Trends

Silicon self-assembled nanodots have been fabricated on corning (7059) and quartz glass substrates using a magnetron sputtering method at different experimental conditions, including the deposition time, RF power and substrate temperature. It was observed that, as the deposition time increases, PL intensities increased with deposition time. However, the full width at half maximum of individual spectra was observed to decrease with time. This occurs because the nature of PL is such that an improvement in the number of carriers (electron and holes) results in enhanced PL intensities. An increase in the deposition time allows more silicon attached to substrate and forming the nanodots, thus increasing the number of atoms as well as carriers. The effect of RF power was indicated by increasing trends in PL intensities. Higher deposition power appeared to increase the ratio of Si atomic concentration and, hence, an increasing number of silicon nanodots. On the other hand, the results showed that, the PL intensity decreased as the substrate temperatures were increased caused by an activated non-radiative recombination process and decrease of crystal quality. It was also observed that the peak of PL wavelength centered at 693 nm or 1.78eV energy bandgap did not differ much from those peaks obtained by varying the RF power and substrate temperature. The suggested that deposition time up to 5 min, RF power of 200 W and substrate temperature of 400°C as optimum conditions for the growth of dome-shaped silicon nanodots, with sizes between 40-80 nm. Generally the shifts in PL intensities are attributed to the structural changes which occurs during the growth processes

THICKNESS DEPENDENCE OF THIRD-HARMONIC GENERATION FROM SELF-ASSEMBLED REGIOREGULAR POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE) THIN FILMS ON QUARTZ GLASSES WITH DIFFERENT SURFACES

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 451-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIN WANG ◽  
JIASHENG RU ◽  
SHIZUYASU OCHIAI ◽  
YUU YAMADA ◽  
YOSHIYUKI UCHIDA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Visible Absorption ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Cast Films ◽  
Regioregular Poly ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Quartz Glasses

Regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) [RR-P3HT] thin films were prepared on fused quartz glasses by spin-coating and drop-casting from the chloroform solutions. Film structures and morphologies were characterized by UV-visible absorption spectra, out-of-plane X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Drop-cast films showed increased χ(3) of about three times higher than that of the spin-coated ones when the film thicknesses were both around 140 nm, and the magnitude of the increase was different for different thickness. The magnitudes of χ(3) for drop-cast RR-P3HT films were calculated in the range of 10-11 esu, and the phases of χ(3) lay in the range from 230 to 300° which were consistent with the contributions from two-photon absorptions (TPA). Hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) treatment of the glass substrates could increase the χ(3) of drop-cast films further from about ten percent to several times higher. This also depended on the film thickness. These results revealed the deposition method and surface modification effects on the self-assembled RR-P3HT film structures, and the importance of higher-ordering and increased crystallinity for the enhancement of the χ(3) of the polymeric films for their applications in NLO devices.

Characterization Of SnO2 Nanoparticles Deposited Via Layer-by-Layer Self Assembly And Investigation Of Their Sensing Properties

2002 ◽  
Vol 739 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Ghan ◽  
Y. Lvov ◽  
R. S. Besser
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
High Selectivity ◽  
Sno2 Nanoparticles ◽  
Test Chamber ◽  
The Self ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Product Analysis ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Self Assembled

ABSTRACTA technique of Layer-by-Layer (LbL) self-assembly is used to deposit SnO2 nanoparticles on Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) resonators, and on glass substrates which the authors believe has not been previously reported. Characterization of self-assembled SnO2 layers has been performed using QCM, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Zeta Potential analysis.We have successfully deposited SnO2 nanoparticles on QCM resonator using self-assembly technique. LbL self-assembly is a method of organization of ultra-thin films by interlayer electrostatic attraction. The thickness and mass of the self-assembled layers can be characterized by the frequency shift obtained using the QCM and empirical equations relating change in frequency with mass and thickness of deposited layers. The deposition of SnO2 nanolayers exhibited a linear reproducibility and the process of self-assembly was independent of the residence time of QCM resonator in the SnO2 nanoparticle colloidal solution. High resolution SEM analysis reveals that the SnO2 nanoparticle layers are uniformly deposited across the entire substrate. Electrical characterization was performed on SnO2 nanoparticle layers self-assembled on glass substrates which were patterned for two point (current-voltage) IV characteristic measurements. Two classes of samples were used. One sample was self-assembled glass substrate patterned with electrical contacts and calcined (baked at 350°C for one hour) to eliminate interlayered polyions and the other sample was not calcined. Results revealed that the calcined samples demonstrated linear ohmic behavior but the uncalcined showed some spurious points which we believe are due to the polyion layers.Characterization of the self-assembled SnO2 nanoparticles is being carried out with the intention of fabricating a high-selectivity μ-gas sensor. A test chamber has been fabricated and results of resistance behavior of the sensor with variation in temperature have been presented.The sensor can find applications in high selectivity sensing of chemical, industrial, domestic, and hazardous environments. After further research and development, this μ-gas sensors could be made generic to sense a variety of gases and employed for integrated on-chip product analysis in multiple chemical microsystem applications.

Nanostructured surface pre-treatment based on self-assembled molecules for corrosion protection of Alclad 7475-T761 aluminum alloy

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (10) ◽  
pp. 913-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. de Souza ◽  
D. S. Yoshikawa ◽  
W. A. S. Izaltino ◽  
S. L. Assis ◽  
I. Costa
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Corrosion Protection ◽  
Nanostructured Surface ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Pre Treatment

Self-Assembled Optical Gratings with Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystals

2010 ◽  
Vol 428-429 ◽  
pp. 12-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Ming Huang
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Diffraction Gratings ◽  
The Self ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Optical Gratings ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

We demonstrated that a homologous series of banana-shaped liquid crystals, 1,3-phenylene bis(4-alkyloxybenzylideneamine), could assemble themselves into various kinds of groove-free diffraction gratings when their isotropic melts were slowly cooled into mesophases between two pieces of glass substrates. The groove-free diffraction gratings included one-dimensional parallel gratings, two-dimensional crossed gratings, two-dimensional fan-shaped gratings and two-dimensional circular gratings. Characterization by means of polarized optical microscopy showed that a pattern of periodic modulation of the refractive index was developed in the thin films formed by the banana-shaped compound. Our laser light diffraction experiments confirmed that these groove-free gratings could effectively diffract the incident red light from a helium-neon laser. On the basis of the diffraction equations derived for the self-assembled groove-free optical gratings, the diffraction patterns were simulated for the parallel gratings, orthogonally crossed gratings, fan-shaped gratings and circular gratings, respectively, and good agreement was achieved. The mechanisms on the self-assembly of the banana-shaped molecules were discussed in terms of intermolecular interactions. Our work provides an alternative method for manufacturing diffraction gratings by harnessing the self-assembly of banana-shaped molecules.

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