{"title":"Asymmetric optical properties and bandgap shift of pre-strained flexible ZnO films","authors":"Jiamin Liu, Zhikang Zhou, Honggang Gu, Jinlong Zhu, Hao Jiang, Shiyuan Liu","doi":"10.1063/5.0202381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0202381","url":null,"abstract":"Strain engineering has been extensively explored to modulate the various intrinsic properties of flexible inorganic semiconductor films. However, experimental characterization of tensile and compressive strain-induced modulation of optoelectronic properties and their differences has not been easily implemented in flexible inorganic semiconductor films. Herein, the strain-dependent structural, optical, and optoelectronic properties of flexible ZnO films under pre-tensile and pre-compressive strains are systemically investigated by a Mueller matrix ellipsometry-based quantitative characterization method combined with x-ray diffraction and first-principle calculation. With extended prestress-driven deposition processing under bi-direction bending modes, pre-tensile and pre-compressive strains with symmetric magnitudes can be achieved in flexible ZnO films, which allows precise observation of the strain-driven asymmetric modulation of optoelectronic properties. When the applied prestrain varies approximately equally from 0% (baseline) to −0.99% (compression) and 1.07% (tensility), respectively, the relative changes for the c-axis lattice constant are 0.0133 and 0.0104 Å, respectively. Meanwhile, the dependence factors of the bandgap energy on the pre-compression and pre-tensile strains were determined as −0.0099 and −0.0156 eV/%, respectively, and the complex refractive index also presents an asymmetric varying trend. With the help of the strain–stress analysis and the first-principle calculation, the intriguing asymmetric strain-optical modulation effect could be attributed to the biaxial strain mechanism and the difference in the deformation potential between the two prestrain modes. These systematic investigation consequences are thus promising as a basis for the booming applications of the flexible inorganic semiconductor ensemble.","PeriodicalId":504659,"journal":{"name":"APL Materials","volume":"276 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140779870","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}
APL MaterialsPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1063/5.0207115
Cheng Luo, Hai Li
{"title":"A three-dimensional coupled structure triboelectric nanogenerator for vertical and horizontal mechanical energy harvesting and fitness gait monitoring","authors":"Cheng Luo, Hai Li","doi":"10.1063/5.0207115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0207115","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, the self-powered monitoring device used for wearable sensors has attracted attention from various industries. It is worth noting that previous self-powered sensors were mostly focused on unidirectional sensing and monitoring, and few sensors can achieve both longitudinal and transverse sensing functions simultaneously. Here, we designed an arched and stacked coupling structure triboelectric nanogenerator (AS-TENG) to harvest horizontal and vertical mechanical energy. Meanwhile, the AS-TENG can simultaneously achieve sensing effects on longitudinal pressure and transverse pulling force. According to the results, the pulling force sensing sensitivity of AS-TENG can reach 2.415 V N−1, and the pressure sensing sensitivity of AS-TENG can arrive at 2.78 V N−1. Furthermore, under longitudinal 6 Hz mechanical motion excitation, the open-circuit voltage (Voc) and short circuit current (Isc) of AS-TENG can reach 28.21 μA and 173.25 V, respectively. The transfer charge (Qsc) of AS-TENG can arrive at 169.7 nC. The AS-TENG can achieve a maximum output power of 2.02 mW at a 3 MΩ load. Moreover, the sensing signal pulse width of AS-TENG can reach 180 ms, which is higher than the traditional arch structure’s 110 ms, indicating the unique advantages of AS-TENG in future fitness monitoring. This study provides a 3D triboelectric multi-directional sensor that will serve the fields of intelligent wearable fitness and sports.","PeriodicalId":504659,"journal":{"name":"APL Materials","volume":"296 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140780390","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}
APL MaterialsPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1063/5.0206199
V. Baltz, A. Hoffmann, S. Emori, D.-F. Shao, T. Jungwirth
{"title":"Emerging materials in antiferromagnetic spintronics","authors":"V. Baltz, A. Hoffmann, S. Emori, D.-F. Shao, T. Jungwirth","doi":"10.1063/5.0206199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0206199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504659,"journal":{"name":"APL Materials","volume":"35 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140406531","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}
APL MaterialsPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1063/5.0192370
Sushma Raghuvansy, Jon P. McCandless, M. Schowalter, A. Karg, M. Alonso-Orts, Martin S. Williams, C. Tessarek, Stephan Figge, K. Nomoto, H. Xing, D. Schlom, A. Rosenauer, D. Jena, Martin Eickhoff, Patrick Vogt
{"title":"Erratum: “Growth of β-Ga2O3 and ε/κ-Ga2O3 on AlN(0001) by molecular-beam epitaxy” [APL Mater. 11, 111113 (2023)]","authors":"Sushma Raghuvansy, Jon P. McCandless, M. Schowalter, A. Karg, M. Alonso-Orts, Martin S. Williams, C. Tessarek, Stephan Figge, K. Nomoto, H. Xing, D. Schlom, A. Rosenauer, D. Jena, Martin Eickhoff, Patrick Vogt","doi":"10.1063/5.0192370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0192370","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":504659,"journal":{"name":"APL Materials","volume":"31 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139631129","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}