N. Mazur, O. Kapush, O.F. Isaeva, S. Budzulyak, Anastasiya Buziashvili, Y.V. Pirko, Mykola A. Skoryk, A. Yemets, O. M. Hreshchuk, V. Yukhymchuk, V. Dzhagan
{"title":"Facile SERS substrates from Ag nanostructures chemically synthesized on glass surfaces","authors":"N. Mazur, O. Kapush, O.F. Isaeva, S. Budzulyak, Anastasiya Buziashvili, Y.V. Pirko, Mykola A. Skoryk, A. Yemets, O. M. Hreshchuk, V. Yukhymchuk, V. Dzhagan","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.682-691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.682-691","url":null,"abstract":"A quick one-step fabrication of efficient SERS substrates by a modified approach based on a silver-mirror reaction (using Tollens’ reagent) is reported. Commercially available microscope slides or cover glass (coverslips) were used as-received, without special surface treatment. In contrast to the commonly used two-step process, the composition of the Tollens reagent was modified to use a single-step process. The obtained rather homogeneous films of densely packed nanoislands are promising for application as substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS), as demonstrated by several different kinds of molecules as analytes. In particular, the achieved level of detection of a standard dye analyte, down to 10-14 M of Rhodamine 6G, is in the range of best values reported in the literature. Low concentrations of some biomolecules are also detected, such as lysozyme (10-4 M), adenine (10-4 M), and salicylic acid (10-5 M). For some analytes, stronger SERS was observed in the drop, and for others after the solvent was dried. The possible reasons for this effect are described. By applying thermal annealing in the inert gas atmosphere, the Ag film morphology can be partially converted into a coral-like 3D structure that may be advantageous for the localization of the analyte in the “hot spots” and allow additional spectral tunability of the plasmon resonance. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"40 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139006172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Kuzyk, O. Dan’kiv, R. M. Peleshchak, I. Stolyarchuk, V.A. Kuhivchak
{"title":"Modeling the deformation of the semiconductor quantum dot with a multilayer shell in a living cell","authors":"O. Kuzyk, O. Dan’kiv, R. M. Peleshchak, I. Stolyarchuk, V.A. Kuhivchak","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.675-681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.675-681","url":null,"abstract":"The model of the semiconductor quantum dot with a multilayer shell and the quantum dot-human serum albumin bionanocomplex, which are contained in a living cell, was constructed. The regularities of changes in deformation of materials of the CdSe-core / ZnS/CdS/ZnS-shell quantum dot with changes in cell elasticity (comprehensive modulus) at different core radii, thicknesses of individual shell layers, and surface concentration of albumin molecules were investigated. It is shown that the presence of human serum albumin on the surface of the quantum dot significantly increases its sensitivity to pressure caused by the surrounding medium (living cell). The obtained results indicate the prospect of using the core-shell quantum dot-human serum albumin bionanocomplexes for the diagnosis of cancer diseases in the early stages. This is due to the fact that such diseases are accompanied by a sharp change in the elasticity of the cell (its elastic constants).","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"26 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139006520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Budzulyak, L. Yablon, M. Khemii, V. Kotsyubynsky, B. Rachiy, V. Boychuk, І.І. Budzulyak
{"title":"Energy state of the electronic subsystem of porous carbon material caused by laser irradiation","authors":"I. Budzulyak, L. Yablon, M. Khemii, V. Kotsyubynsky, B. Rachiy, V. Boychuk, І.І. Budzulyak","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.662-669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.662-669","url":null,"abstract":"The changes in the electronic subsystem of a porous carbon material caused by its doping with Mn, Cr, and Fe and laser irradiation were studied by the method of electron paramagnetic resonance. It has been found that Mn doping leads to the appearance of several paramagnetic centers, and laser irradiation facilitates the redistribution of electrons between different states so that their mobility increases due to the transition from the g = 3.9 to the g = 6.0 state. The Mössbauer spectroscopy of porous Fe-doped carbon material indicates the presence of oxygen ligands for iron ions, in particular the formation of octa- and tetra-complexes with redistribution of electron density between iron and oxygen nuclei, and, accordingly, changes in the degree of covalence of the chemical bond from Fe3+ to Fe2+.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139009403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thick and Thin Film Solar Cells: New Formulation","authors":"J. Velazquez-Perez, O. Titov, Yuri G. Gurevich","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.670-674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.670-674","url":null,"abstract":"Solar cells rely on photogeneration of charge carriers in p-n junctions and their transport and subsequent recombination in the quasineutral regions. Several basic issues concerning the physics of the operation of solar cells remain obscure. This paper discusses some of those unsolved basic problems. In conventional solar cells, recombination of photogenerated charge carriers plays a major limiting role in the cell efficiency. High quality thin-film solar cells may overcome this limit if the minority diffusion lengths become large as compared to the cell dimensions, but, strikingly, the conventional model fails to describe the cell electric behavior under these conditions. A new formulation of the basic equations describing charge carrier transport in the cell along with a set of boundary conditions is presented. An analytical closed-form solution is obtained under the linear approximation. It is shown that the calculation of the open-circuit voltage of the solar cell diode does not lead to unphysical results in the new given framework.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growth and microwave properties of layered ferrogarnet structures","authors":"S. Yushchuk, S.O. Yur`ev, V. Moklyak","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.656-661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.656-661","url":null,"abstract":"The ferrogarnet structures consisting from one- to three- layers of monocrystalline yttrium-iron garnet Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) films, two- layered YIG - La,Ga:YIG and two- layered {Y,Sm,Lu}3(Fe,Ga)5O12 -YIG structures were grown by liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE) method on gadolinium - gallium garnet Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) substrates of (111) orientation. The obtained layered ferrogarnet structures were studied by the methods of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and magnetostatic wave (MSW) interference. The two- and three- layered YIG structures have a wide FMR line width (∆H). For the three- layered YIG structures with the total thickness of 68-102 μm ∆H = 5,7- 11,5 Oe. The line width ∆H = 0,34 – 1,22 Oe correspond to the two- layered (Y,Sm,La)3(Fe,Ga)5O12 – YIG structures with thicknesses from 3 to 65 μm. Individual layers in all structures are characterized by similar or different saturation magnetizations (4πMs).The frequency MSW separation in the YIG - La,Ga:YIG layered structure was observed. It was shown that the propagation losses of MSW in one- and two- layered structures increase with decreasing wavelength of MSW and transition to a two- layered structure.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"23 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138980051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetic moment of Mn2+ ions that are responsible for the ferromagnetic properties of ZnO:Mn nanocrystals","authors":"O.V. Kovalenko, V. Vorovsky","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.650-655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.650-655","url":null,"abstract":"The calculation of the magnetic moment of Mn2+ ions in ZnO:Mn (2 at%.) nanocrystals obtained by ultrasonic pyrolysis of aerosol which are responsible for their ferromagnetic properties is given. In order to investigate the influence of structural defects on the value of magnetic moment the samples were heat treated in air. The calculation was performed on the basis of the analysis of magnetization curves and EPR spectra. It was shown that the defective state of ZnO:Mn nanocrystals has a significant effect on the magnetic moment. The values of magnetic moment for the synthesized sample significantly exceed the values of magnetic moment compared to similar nanocrystals obtained by other methods. The assumption is made that this result is due to the presence of an additional component in the magnetization of the defective samples. In addition to the paramagnetism of Mn2+ ions, there may be the paramagnetism of the defective shell of ZnO:Mn nanocrystals. After the elimination of structural defects by heat treatment of samples in air and in a gas mixture with hydrogen, the magnetic moment for Mn2+ ions, which form the ferromagnetic properties of nanocrystals, was determined. The value of this magnetic moment is 0.02µB, where µB is the Bohr mangiton. Such ions, according to the model of bound magnetic polarons, are part of ferromagnetic clusters and take part in the formation of the ferromagnetic properties of the samples. Keywords: magnetic moment, nanocrystals, ultrasonic aerosol pyrolysis, heat treatment, hydrogen.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"28 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139250494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of a permanent magnetic field on the crystallization of calcium carbonate from carbonate aqueous solutions","authors":"V. Gayevskii, B. Nechyporuk, S. G. Gayevska","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.616-622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.616-622","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of a permanent magnetic field on the crystallization of calcium carbonate from carbonate aqueous solutions was studied. Based on the equations for the first- and second-order dissociation constants of carbonic acid, the stability constants of NaCO3- and NaHCO30 complexes, the mass balance and electroneutrality equations, the values of the system components and the ratio between the components of the carbonate subsystem were determined, and it was established that the main species in experimental conditions are СО32-, NaСО3- and HСО3- and the main components of the carbonate subsystem are СО32- (86.7%) and HСО3- (13.19%). Studies have shown that with a significant excess of CO32- over HCO3- ions in the solution at temperatures of 18-20˚C, calcite and vaterite are most likely formed. During the crystallization of calcium carbonate from an aqueous carbonate solution in a magnetic field of 125-250 mT, the size of the crystallites increases significantly compared to the absence of a magnetic field.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"128 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139256736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of temperature regimes of synthesis on the structure of glassy GeS2","authors":"I.J. Rosola, V. V. Tsyhyka, M.V. Tsyhyka","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.623-627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.623-627","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of synthesis temperature regimes on the structure and some physical properties of glassy germanium disulfide was examined using the methods of dilatometry and Raman scattering of light. It is concluded that the bond angle disorder increases and the formation of stronger Ge–S bonds in the tetrahedral structure depends on the increase in the synthesis temperature of glassy GeS2. Significant changes in the structural grid of glass also occur when the thermal history of the sample varies in the temperature interval of vitrification.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"13 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139256877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Romaka, Y. Stadnyk, V. Romaka, A. Zelinskiy, P. Klyzub, A. Horyn
{"title":"Phase equilibrium diagram of Y-Cu-Sb system at 870 K","authors":"L. Romaka, Y. Stadnyk, V. Romaka, A. Zelinskiy, P. Klyzub, A. Horyn","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.610-615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.610-615","url":null,"abstract":"The interaction of the components in the Y-Cu-Sb ternary system was investigated using the methods of X-ray phase analysis, microstructure, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in the whole concentration range at 870 K. At the temperature of investigation Y-Cu-Sb system is characterized by the formation of three ternary compounds: Y3Cu22Sb9 (Dy3Cu20+xSb11-x structure type, space group F-43m, a=1.6614(3) nm), Y3Cu3Sb4 (Y3Au3Sb4 structure type, space group I-43d, а=0.95357(5) nm), YCuSb2 (HfCuSi2 structure type, space group P4/nmm, a=0.42580(1), c=0.98932(3) nm). The solubility of copper in the binary compound YSb (NaCl structure type) extends up to 8 at. %.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"21 3-4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139259352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Njim, S.E. Sadiq, M.S. Al-Din Tahir, M.A. Flayyih, L. Hadji
{"title":"Flexural Bending and Fatigue Analysis of Functionally Graded Viscoelastic Materials: Experimental and Numerical Approaches","authors":"E. Njim, S.E. Sadiq, M.S. Al-Din Tahir, M.A. Flayyih, L. Hadji","doi":"10.15330/pcss.24.4.628-639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.628-639","url":null,"abstract":"This work synthesized a thermoplastic polymer with varying densities along one direction using additive manufacturing technology to study the dynamic and static characteristics of functionally graded viscoelastic materials (FGVMs). To describe the mechanical properties of FGVMs, an analytical formulation based on the sigmoid-law formulation was proposed. The experimental program is conducted on 3D-printed samples, and various tests are conducted to examine the performance of such materials. Furthermore, the finite element method was used to evaluate the structural system's flexural properties. The influences of FG parameters and geometrical properties on flexural and reverse bending fatigue life are analyzed. The results show that increasing porosity from 10% to 30% at a power-law index (k = 2) reduces bending strength by 31.25 percent and deflection by around 11.2 percent for VE samples. Changing the power-law exponent from 0.5 to 10 increases fatigue strength by 35 %.","PeriodicalId":20137,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of Solid State","volume":"20 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139256539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}