Moonil Jung , Jeeeun Yang , Dong-Jin Yun , Sung Heo , Sangwook Kim , Byoungdeog Choi
{"title":"Threshold shift mechanism in fluorine-doped indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin film transistors via defect analysis","authors":"Moonil Jung , Jeeeun Yang , Dong-Jin Yun , Sung Heo , Sangwook Kim , Byoungdeog Choi","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we systematically investigate the threshold voltage (V<sub>th</sub>) shift mechanism in amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O (a-IGZO) thin-film transistors subjected to varying fluorine (F) implantation doses. Fluorine was implanted into a-IGZO at a dose of 1 × 10<sup>20</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup> with an implantation energy of 30 keV, resulting in a negative V<sub>th</sub> shift compared to undoped samples. In contrast, higher doping concentrations (5 × 10<sup>20</sup> and 1 × 10<sup>21</sup> cm<sup>−3</sup>) induced positive V<sub>th</sub> shifts.</div><div>To elucidate this mechanism, we conducted Current Transient Spectroscopy (CTS), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (REELS). The results indicate that moderate F doping shifts the Fermi level closer to the conduction band, causing a negative V<sub>th</sub> shift. However, at higher doping levels, shallow defect states (D1) emerge, facilitating the recombination of conduction band electrons into these states. This process reduces the on-current (I<sub>on</sub>) and leads to a positive V<sub>th</sub> shift.</div><div>Fluorine doping enhances device stability against negative bias temperature instability (NBTI), while positive bias temperature instability (PBTI) degrades increasingly with higher doping. While our experiments did not encompass the full range of doping concentrations required for simultaneous optimization of both, our results suggest that lower fluorine doses may offer a balanced approach. Through direct defect characterization, this study clarifies the critical role of such defects in the threshold voltage shift mechanism of oxide thin-film transistors, providing valuable guidance for reliability improvements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 82-87"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144842526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seonghyeon Kim , Juheon Kim , Sanghyun Lee , Hyungmo Kim , Sangmin Lee
{"title":"Effective method for measuring structural influence through changes in droplet spreadability","authors":"Seonghyeon Kim , Juheon Kim , Sanghyun Lee , Hyungmo Kim , Sangmin Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Conventional contact angle and hysteresis measurements often fail to distinguish structural differences between surfaces of the same material. In this study, a new analytical approach is designed to overcome these limitations. The proposed method involves observing the behavior of droplets upon their impact on the surface for different target material structures, thereby measuring the velocity of the droplet boundary during spreading (high Weber number and kinetic energy conditions) or receding (low Weber number and kinetic energy conditions). These velocity characteristics dynamically reflect structural influences, offering a highly sensitive approach for differentiating surfaces based on their structure. We anticipate that this method, which provides a reliable and effective way for characterizing surface structures in various applications, will be widely adopted in research and industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 77-81"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144826425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of external electric fields for Li+/Na+ ions separation in a graphene-based nano-channel: a computational study","authors":"Zeinab Rahimi , Amir Lohrasebi","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study uses molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the efficient separation of lithium (Li<sup>+</sup>) and sodium (Na<sup>+</sup>) ions in graphene-based nano-channels under the influence of an electric field. The effect of nano-channel dimensions, including length and width, on the ion separation performance was investigated. Our results show that nano-channels with a length of 12 nm and a width of 1.5 nm exhibit optimal ion separation at the present electric field intensity of 4 mV/Å, with lithium ions preferentially accumulating in the designated storage compartments. This separation efficiency is primarily due to the mass-dependent electrophoretic mobility of the ions, with lithium ions migrating faster than sodium ions in the same electric field due to their lower mass and higher acceleration. In addition, the narrow channel width provides a more controlled laminar flow, minimizing turbulence and improving ion transport selectivity. This study also highlights the role of thermal effects, ion diffusion, and electrostatic interactions with the graphene surface in improving the separation process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 66-76"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144826424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strain-induced anisotropic effects on the electronic properties and dipole moment differences of Janus WSeTe","authors":"Suejeong You , Heesang Kim , Nammee Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Strain engineering in Janus transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) is a powerful approach for tuning electronic, optical, and mechanical properties. Using first-principles calculations, we explore the anisotropic effects of uniaxial and biaxial strains on the Janus TMDCs. Our results reveal that biaxial strain induces symmetric modifications, leading to uniform changes in the lattice constants and electronic band structures. However, uniaxial strain introduces anisotropy, with the structural and electronic responses depending on the strain direction. Under small uniaxial strain (8%), results in minimal differences between the zigzag and armchair directions, a higher strain (12%) leads to remarkable anisotropic effects. In this regime, the band structure and density of states (DOS) exhibit distinct variations along the two principal crystallographic directions, highlighting the directional dependence of strain-induced modifications. These findings provide insights into strain-induced anisotropy in Janus TMDCs and offer guidance for their application in nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 59-65"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144770521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electron-mediated triplet energy transfer in CsPbBr3 nanoplatelet-Rhodamine interface","authors":"Chaochao Qin, Mingjun Zhao, Chaofan Fang, Jie Li, Minghuan Cui, Haiying Wang, Shuwen Zheng, Pan Song, Jian Song, Zhaoyong Jiao, Shuhong Ma, Jicai Zhang, Guangrui Jia, Yuhai Jiang, Zhongpo Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two-dimensional (2D) cesium lead halide perovskite CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> nanoplatelets have received significant notice due to their potential applications in optoelectronics, photocatalysis, energy storage, and sensing. Energy and charge transfer from the nanoplatelet to a dye molecule provides an auxiliary possibility to control the properties of the perovskite-dye hybrid and the interaction of the singlet and triplet states. However, it remains poorly understood for the energy transfer mechanisms of singlets and triplets within hybrid systems. In this paper, the triplet energy transfer from CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> nanoplatelets to surface-anchored Rhodamine B isothiocyanate (RITC) molecules is investigated by using the femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. During the energy transfer, the hybrid experiences electron transfer from CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> to RITC to form RITC<sup>−</sup>, hole transfer from CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> to RITC<sup>−</sup> to form RITC triplets (<sup>3</sup>RITC∗). The results provide deep insights into the photogenerated carrier dynamics and a new way to tune the energy transfer in a perovskite-dye hybrid.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 52-58"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Luminescent sensing carbon dots by using different portions of disposable face mask for recycling without waste","authors":"Sung Jun Park , Hyun Kyoung Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The spread of the covid-19 caused an increase in the consumption of disposable mask. Most of the used disposable masks are buried in the ground and incinerated. In case of the burial, disposable masks take longer than hundreds of years. In case of the incineration, a large amount of greenhouse gases generate. It affects global environmental pollution and human. Herein, we represent a method to synthesize carbon dots through recycling parts (non-woven, melt-blown, and non-woven/melt-blown) of disposable masks without mask residues. The prepared carbon dots have a size about 3.5–4.0 nm and blue region emission. As a result of fluorescence data, carbon dots mixed with Fe<sup>3+</sup> ion display quenching effect due to several oxygen groups. Those interact coordination interaction with Fe<sup>3+</sup> ions which affects possibility of nonradiative recombination, thus generating quenching effect of fluorescence. Thus, the recycled carbon dots can be applied to several fields (metal sensing and anti-counterfeiting).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 43-51"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144680772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoxue Zhao , Chao Jiang , Yanan Li , Mengzhou Yu , Jiqi Zheng , Tianming Lv , Yang Mu , Changgong Meng
{"title":"Lanthanum and oxygen incorporated MoS2 for advanced aqueous zinc ion batteries","authors":"Xiaoxue Zhao , Chao Jiang , Yanan Li , Mengzhou Yu , Jiqi Zheng , Tianming Lv , Yang Mu , Changgong Meng","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIB) are gaining more attention due to their potential for sustainable energy storage solutions. However, the limited selection of appropriate anodic materials presents a significant obstacle to the widespread development of ZIB. To provide more options for anodic materials, constant efforts are necessary to develop anodes with high Zn<sup>2+</sup> mobility and excellent reversibility. Herein, we fabricate La and O co-incorporated MoS<sub>2</sub> nanosheets (denoted as La-O-MoS<sub>2</sub>) using a facile and universal strategy, which significantly enhances the specific capacity of MoS<sub>2</sub>. The La-O-MoS<sub>2</sub> shows expanded interlayer spacing, and this extended interlayer channel plays a crucial role in the transportation of [Zn(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>]<sup>2+</sup>. As a result, La-O-MoS<sub>2</sub> achieves higher specific capacity compared to MoS<sub>2</sub>. The rare earth doping strategy is also capable of generating innovative materials with distinctive structures that can be used to various multivalent ion batteries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 22-28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144665496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei-Qi Huang , Zhong-Mei Huang , Yin-Lian Li , Shi-Rong Liu
{"title":"Quantum phase-change materials on amorphous silicon film doped with impurities","authors":"Wei-Qi Huang , Zhong-Mei Huang , Yin-Lian Li , Shi-Rong Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The quantum phase change represents a transition to crystallizing quantum structure from amorphous silicon doped with impurities prepared in sputtering and depositing process by pulsed laser interaction, in which the silicon nanocrystals and the Yb-Er nanoalloy with direct bandgap are dramatic generated in irradiation process of laser or coherent electron beam, respectively. Here, the resonance among photon, electron and phonon occurs on surface with various impurities for quantum phase change, such as quantum dots crystallizing. It is demonstrated that the crystallizing process is faster and more stable while the plasmon energy produced by laser photon is near the phonon energy in annealing of laser irradiation, or while the energy of coherent electron is close to the phonon energy. Through quantum phase transition, the nanocrystals with various structures are observed in the TEM images, where the change characteristics in the low-dimensional quantum phase occur. It is interesting that the quantum phase change is obviously different in various impurities on surface of Si film, where the stronger condensing in crystallization doped with oxygen or erbium is measured. Under irradiation of coherent electron beam for suitable time, the nanostructure of Yb-Er alloy is observed on silicon, in which we find the new electron states near 0.93 eV for better emission at 1350 nm in the second communication window. And in the alloy of Yb-Er, the Er condensing and clustering are avoided in the crystallizing process for better emission near 1550 nm in the third optical communication window.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144665497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time and spatially resolved analysis of single quantum well InGaN/GaN photoluminescence blinking at multiple sample frequencies","authors":"Kotaro Oikawa , Mitsuru Funato , Yoichi Kawakami , Ruggero Micheletto","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A blinking phenomenon has been reported in InGaN/GaN single-quantum-well samples photoluminescence (PL). In this study, time-resolved PL measurements were performed at sampling frequencies of 30, 60, 120, 240 and 480 Hz and spatial maps were created. We defined two ON/OFF states and determined the time distribution of these states for each sampling frequency. We found that at increased sampling rates shorter blinking states were observed together with those of lower sampling rates. When we studied the spatial cross-correlation maps at the different sampling rates, despite the presence of these new blinking frequencies at higher sampling rates, the maps show evident similar spatial distribution, indicating that the correlation is a feature strongly related to the crystal structure, it is common to all blinking centers and it is present at any frequency investigated.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"79 ","pages":"Pages 7-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144665503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Mu , Junjun Wang , Bingsen Wang , Yufang Jiao , Jian He , Meng Liu , Che Sun , Shaoyang Yuan , Meijing Ai , Danqing Liu , Fengmin Wu
{"title":"Tailoring electrical properties and thermal stability of PNT-PZT ceramics via Mn doping","authors":"Yan Mu , Junjun Wang , Bingsen Wang , Yufang Jiao , Jian He , Meng Liu , Che Sun , Shaoyang Yuan , Meijing Ai , Danqing Liu , Fengmin Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cap.2025.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents a comprehensive investigation of the structural, dielectric, and piezoelectric properties of Mn-doped 0.12PNT-0.88PZT ceramics. X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirms the formation of pure perovskite tetragonal phases in all compositions. The incorporation of Mn exerts a pronounced influence on the functional properties of the ceramics, including dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties etc. Notably, the 1.5 mol% Mn-doped 0.12PNT-0.88PZT composition demonstrates enhanced performance, achieving <em>ɛ</em><sub>r</sub> = 2838, <em>P</em><sub>r</sub> = 15.2 μC/cm<sup>2</sup>, <em>d</em><sub>33</sub> = 440 pC/N, while the 2.5 mol% Mn-doped variant achieves an exceptional <em>Q</em><sub>m</sub> of 730. Rayleigh analysis of the dielectric response reveals that the extrinsic contribution, quantified by the Rayleigh parameter (<em>α</em>), peaks at a Mn doping concentration of 1.5 mol%. These findings indicate that as extrinsic effects intensify, domain switching and grain boundary contributions to the electrical properties become increasingly dominant. Furthermore, the 1.5 mol% Mn-doped 0.12PNT-0.88PZT ceramics demonstrate excellent temperature stability in piezoelectric coefficient, electromechanical coupling factor, and mechanical quality factor over a broad temperature range from the room temperature to 120 °C. This work provides critical insights into the role of Mn doping in enhancing the functional properties of PNT-PZT ceramics and highlights its potential for applications requiring stable performance under varying thermal conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11037,"journal":{"name":"Current Applied Physics","volume":"78 ","pages":"Pages 67-72"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144611736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}