Yunpeng Liu , Lin Dong , Jiangshan Zheng , Mohd Faizul Mohd Sabri , Nazia Abdul Majid , Suriani Ibrahim
{"title":"Switchable absorbing, reflecting, and transmitting metasurface by employing vanadium dioxide on the same frequency","authors":"Yunpeng Liu , Lin Dong , Jiangshan Zheng , Mohd Faizul Mohd Sabri , Nazia Abdul Majid , Suriani Ibrahim","doi":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>In this work, we proposed a switchable metasurface based on phase transmission material of vanadium dioxide (VO</span><sub>2</sub>) with metal and insulation mode. Simulation results demonstrated that the metasurface can switch perfectly at frequencies of 1.89 THz and 2.67 THz from two perfect absorbing peaks to a reflecting peak and a transmitting peak. When VO<sub>2</sub> serves as metal mode, there were two absorption peaks of 99.93% and 99.92% respectively. When VO<sub>2</sub> serves as insulation mode, the reflection and transmission magnitudes were 92.50% and 90.50% respectively. Simultaneously, the structure was insensitive to the incident angle from the simulation result. The proposed metasurface could therefore provide potential application prospects for the terahertz band switcher or sensor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43844244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
R. Sarath babu , Y. Narasimha murthy , S. Vinoth , R.S. Rimal Isaac , P. Mohanraj , V. Ganesh , H. Algarni , S. AlFaify
{"title":"Enhancement in optoelectronic properties of lanthanum co-doped CdO: Zn thin films for TCO applications","authors":"R. Sarath babu , Y. Narasimha murthy , S. Vinoth , R.S. Rimal Isaac , P. Mohanraj , V. Ganesh , H. Algarni , S. AlFaify","doi":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107097","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107097","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This work reports on structural, electrical, optical, and photosensing properties of La<span><span> and Zn co-doped CdO thin films. The co-doped CdO thin films were prepared on glass substrates using the nebulizer spray method at 350 °C. From the structural analysis, a decrease in the </span>crystallite<span> size from 20 to 16 nm is observed against the incorporation of La in CdO:Zn. Inclusion of La in CdO:Zn has also changed the surface morphology<span> with a reduction in the roughness of the thin film samples. EDX analysis confirmed the incorporation of La with CdO: Zn in the prepared films. The bandgap value of the prepared samples increased with the increase in La concentration. A 1.5 wt% of La co-doped with CdO:Zn thin film sample produces low resistivity of 6.81 × 10</span></span></span></span><sup>-4</sup> <strong>Ω</strong>cm and a better figure of merit of 8.4 × 10 <sup>−4</sup> Ω<sup>-1</sup><span><span>. Finally, the fabricated photodetector with 1.5 wt% of La co-doped with CdO:Zn thin film shows a higher </span>photocurrent and an ideality factor value of </span><strong>3.4</strong>. The photosensing properties of the fabricated (p-Si/CdO–Zn–La (1.5%)) photodetector shows a higher responsivity (R) value of 1.18 AW<sup>-1</sup>, specific detectivity (D*) value of 4.90 × 10<sup>9</sup> Jones, and external quantum efficiency (EQE) value of 274% with 3.0 mW/cm<sup>2</sup><span> light intensity. The switching characteristics of the photodetector show a faster rise time (2.9s) and fall time (3.6s) suggesting the fabricated device suitable for photosensing applications.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48211665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Ankush Chattopadhyay , Chandan K. Sarkar , Chayanika Bose
{"title":"Compact analytical modeling of underlap gate stack graded channel junction accumulation mode junctionless FET in subthreshold regime","authors":"Ankush Chattopadhyay , Chandan K. Sarkar , Chayanika Bose","doi":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107110","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107110","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This paper presents the compact analytical model of underlap gate stack (GS) graded channel (GC) junction accumulation mode (JAM) junctionless (JL) FET. At first, a comparative analysis between the two different graded channel schemes and non-graded channel is performed based on </span><em>I</em><sub><em>ON</em></sub>, <em>I</em><sub><em>OFF</em></sub> and <em>I</em><sub><em>ON</em></sub>/<em>I</em><sub><em>OFF</em></sub> ratio. The scheme that yields the higher <em>I</em><sub><em>ON</em></sub>/<em>I</em><sub><em>OFF</em></sub> ratio along with smaller <em>I</em><sub><em>OFF</em></sub><span>, is adopted in the proposed JL FET for further analysis. The 2D analytical modeling<span> of the GS-GC-JAM-JL FET deals with the determination of surface potential, threshold voltage, subthreshold drain current, DIBL and subthreshold swing. Results obtained from analytical model and simulations are compared and an excellent match is found. Thus the present paper establishes the outstanding ability of proposed underlap GS-GC-JAM-JL FET architecture to shield the short channel effects without sacrificing its performance, and therefore, proves it as a potential candidate for ultra-low power applications.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41899941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
M. Sathishkumar , T.S. Arun Samuel , K. Ramkumar , I. Vivek Anand , S.B. Rahi
{"title":"Performance evaluation of gate engineered InAs–Si heterojunction surrounding gate TFET","authors":"M. Sathishkumar , T.S. Arun Samuel , K. Ramkumar , I. Vivek Anand , S.B. Rahi","doi":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span>In semiconductor industry, at nanoscale<span> dimensions, numerous field effect devices have been proposed and investigated for further improvement in performance of low power circuit and system. In the present research report, a novel low power FET device structure namely: Surrounding Gate Triple Material </span></span>Heterojunction Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (SGTM-heTFET) has been proposed with the </span>analytical modeling approach. The benefits of surrounding gate and tunnel FETs are coupled to create a new structure, to decrease short channel effects. Three different gate materials with different work functions replace the gate material that surrounds the device. An analytical model of surface potential(ψ), electric field(E) and drain current (I</span><sub>DS</sub>) have been developed for SGTM-heTFET. With the use of low work function material such as 4.0eV, 4.6eV and 4.0eV, the proposed model shows a better ON current of 10<sup>−5</sup> A/μm for a V<sub>GS</sub> of 0.7V, ON-OFF ratio of 10<sup>10</sup> with the sub-threshold swing of 50mV/dec. The developed model's for SGTM-heTFET shows excellent device characteristics and have been verified using TCAD simulation, ensuring the model's accuracy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44593867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Nzar Rauf Abdullah , Botan Jawdat Abdullah , Hunar Omar Rshid , Chi-Shung Tang , Andrei Manolescu , Vidar Gudmundsson
{"title":"Enhanced electronic and optical responses of nitrogen- or boron-doped BeO monolayer: First principle computation","authors":"Nzar Rauf Abdullah , Botan Jawdat Abdullah , Hunar Omar Rshid , Chi-Shung Tang , Andrei Manolescu , Vidar Gudmundsson","doi":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107102","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107102","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span><span>In this work, the electronic and optical properties of a Nitrogen (N) or a Boron (B) doped </span>BeO monolayer are investigated in the framework of </span>density functional theory<span><span>. It is known that the band gap of a BeO monolayer is large leading to poor material for optoelectronic devices in a wide range of energy. Using N or B </span>dopant atoms, we find that the band gap can be tuned and the optical properties can be improved. In the N(B)-doped BeO monolayer, the Fermi energy slightly crosses the valence (conduction) band forming a degenerate </span></span>semiconductor structure<span><span><span>. The N or B atoms thus generate new states around the Fermi energy increasing the optical conductivity in the visible light region. Furthermore, the influences of dopant atoms on the electronic structure, the stability, the dispersion energy, the </span>density of states<span>, and optical properties such as the plasmon frequency, the excitation spectra, the </span></span>dielectric functions, the </span></span>static<span> dielectric constant, and the electron energy loss function are discussed for different directions of polarizations for the incoming electric field.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48676749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"DFT investigation of H2S and SO2 adsorption on Zn modified MoSe2","authors":"Ahmad I. Ayesh","doi":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107098","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107098","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Development of decidedly sensitive and selective gas sensors is desirable to maintain control of environment quality against hazardous pollutant. The adsorption of H<sub>2</sub>S and SO<sub>2</sub> molecules on pristine and Zn doped MoSe<sub>2</sub> structures is examined by first principles computations - density functional theory (DFT). The work involves analysis of adsorption energy and distance, charge transferred between a structure and a gas molecule, band structure, and density of states (DOS). The band structure of MoSe<sub>2</sub> reveals substantial variations of its electronic properties upon doping with Zn. Furthermore, new bands have been developed near the Fermi level within the DOS due to Zn doping of MoSe<sub>2</sub> structure. The adsorption of both H<sub>2</sub>S and SO<sub>2</sub> gases on Zn–MoSe<sub>2</sub> structure is greatly enhanced, as compared with the pristine structure. The Zn-modified MoSe<sub>2</sub> structure exhibits larger adsorption energy for H<sub>2</sub>S gas, hence, better sensitivity is comparison with SO<sub>2</sub> gas. This work illustrates that Zn doping of MoSe<sub>2</sub> structure may be considered for sensitive detection of H<sub>2</sub>S gas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749603621002998/pdfft?md5=44ece1a3ca3504b9fbdd63f46e38f9c3&pid=1-s2.0-S0749603621002998-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47159518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical unit co-substitution enabling broadband and tunable near-infrared emission in garnet-type Lu3Sc2Ga3O12:Cr3+ phosphors","authors":"Tao Wang, Gaochao liu, Z. Xia","doi":"10.20517/microstructures.2022.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/microstructures.2022.19","url":null,"abstract":"Although near-infrared phosphor-converted light-emitting diodes (NIR pc-LEDs) are desired for non-visible light source applications, the design of broadband NIR phosphors remains a challenge. Inspired by the chemical unit co-substitution strategy for the modification of composition and local structure, we realize a tunable redshift emission from 706 to 765 nm in garnet-type Lu3Sc2Ga3O12:Cr3+ with a broadened full width at half maximum and enhanced photoluminescence intensity by introducing a [Mg2+-Si4+] unit into the [Sc3+-Ga3+] couple. Structural and spectral analyzes demonstrate that the co-substitution reduces the local symmetry and crystal field strength of the [CrO6] octahedra, thus leading to inhomogeneous widening of the 4T2→4A2 emission and enhanced blue absorption. Furthermore, the 4T2→4A2 emission exhibits a phonon-assisted character at low temperatures due to the thermal coupling effect with the 2E level. The fabricated NIR pc-LED based on the optimized NIR phosphor exhibits excellent potential in night vision and imaging applications.","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86173014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Nanostructural design of superstrong metallic materials by severe plastic deformation processing","authors":"R. Valiev","doi":"10.20517/microstructures.2022.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/microstructures.2022.25","url":null,"abstract":"Ultrafine-grained (UFG) metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques often exhibit significantly higher strengths than those calculated by the well-known Hall-Petch equation. These higher strengths result from the fact that SPD processing not only forms the UFG structure but also leads to the formation of other nanostructural features, including dislocation substructures, nanotwins and nanosized second-phase precipitations, which further contribute to the hardening. Moreover, the analysis of strengthening mechanisms in recent studies demonstrates an important contribution to the hardening due to phenomena related to the structure of grain boundaries as a non-equilibrium state and the presence of grain boundary segregations. Herein, the principles of the nanostructural design of metallic materials for superior strength using SPD processing are discussed.","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88854348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Detwinning/twin growth-induced phase transformation in a metastable compositionally complex alloy","authors":"Wenjun Lu, F. An, C. Liebscher","doi":"10.20517/microstructures.2022.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/microstructures.2022.14","url":null,"abstract":"Extensive experiments have shown that the transformation from the face-centered cubic to hexagonal close-packed ε phase usually occurs around coherent Σ3 boundaries. However, in this letter, we reveal a different transformation mechanism in a metastable dual-phase compositionally complex alloy via a systematic high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy analysis. The face-centered cubic γ matrix can be transformed to the hexagonal close-packed ɛ phase (as small as one unit) around an incoherent Σ3 boundary (~30 nm), i.e., the facet of the coherent Σ3 boundary. This transformation is assisted by the detwinning/twin growth of a coherent Σ3 boundary during annealing treatment (900 °C for 60 min).","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88179426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Study of thermochromic and photocatalytic properties of MoO3 thin films","authors":"V.R. Sreelakshmi , A. Anu Kaliani , M. Jithin","doi":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spmi.2021.107096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Molybdenum trioxide (MoO<sub>3</sub><span><span><span><span>) thin films<span> with thicknesses 300, 400 and 500 nm were deposited on an FTO substrate by thermal evaporation method. The prepared thin films showed both </span></span>thermochromic<span> and photocatalytic dye degradation properties. The thermochromic property of the prepared thin films was induced by exposing the thin films to argon </span></span>gas at a temperature varying from 100 °C to 300 °C (in steps of 50 °C). The photocatalytic dye degradation ability of the films were examined by the photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) dye solution under </span>visible light irradiation. MoO</span><sub>3</sub> thin film with 300 nm thickness is seen to have good thermochromic and photocatalytic dye degradation ability and both of these properties are necessary for smart window applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22044,"journal":{"name":"Superlattices and Microstructures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48566502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}