Besides cvd, can anyone recommend an easy method to fabricate Ge nanowires?

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Does anyone know an alternative material for Au electrodes in printable electronics?

Golden electrodes are superior for super capacitors and battery application. However, Au is not economic for disposable. Printable electronics should be built on cheaper materials.

31 December 2014 3,552 5 View

Does any one know the latest review of EC on the application of nano materials?

Electrochemical methods have widely applied for industrial manufacturing, energy devices, bio and environmental analysis.

06 July 2014 6,440 1 View

How to effectively remove the engineering nano particles from industrial wastewater?

Engineering nanoparticels are nanoscale alumina, ceria and silica, which are extensively used for mechanical polishing in semiconducting industry. To get rid of these becomes an emergent issue.

05 June 2014 756 1 View

Does anyone know the plasmonic resonant frequencies for the following metals: Fe, Al, Mg, Ti?

This parameter is critical to determine light coupling efficiencies.

03 April 2014 9,703 3 View

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Li ion rechargeable battery?

Currently some people focus the scale-up of Li batteries, while others shift to other style batteries, such as Na-air batteries. What is your view?

03 April 2014 9,955 6 View

For a nanomanufacturing course I will teach this fall, what do you suggest for the contents I should cover?

Nanomafacturing is a subdomain of advanced manufacturing. It is an emergent topic for mechanical engineering. This is a combined course for both under and grads.

03 April 2014 9,267 7 View

How can we manipulate a nanowire?

People have tried AFM tip, optical tweezer, microfluidics and so on.

03 April 2014 3,454 6 View

How can we synthesize silver triangle nanodiscs with sharpe angles?

We are using hydrothermal methods to make silver triangle NPs. However, these nanodiscs are truncated, i.e. they have a round angle.

03 April 2014 328 5 View

Can anyone help point out some literature about superplasticity, especially at a nanoscale?

I am studying superplasticity at a nanoscale.

03 April 2014 8,096 0 View

Does anyone know good papers on the doping of TiO2 nanowires?

Doping of nanowires is very challenging. I would prefer a chemical way rather than a physical method like annealing or ion implantation.

03 April 2014 5,178 1 View

What are anisotropic electrical and optical properties of a semiconductor due to?

In some materials, properties such as band gap, thermal conductivity differ along different crystallographic axes. What are the basics?

01 March 2021 1,923 3 View

How the Ground Plane implantation is performed without damaging (and w/o varying the undoped nature) the top Si (8-10 nm) in FDSOI technology ?

It is a general practice to introduce Ground Plane in FDSOI devices under the BoX. The Ground Planes are introduced by Ion Implantation through Top Si layer and Buried Oxide. I wanted to know that...

24 February 2021 5,974 4 View

Can a semi-conductor material have different absorption coefficient?

Does the absorption coefficient of the semiconductor changes with the change in the structure of the semiconductor? If you have a thin film and nanowire of the same semiconductor, will the...

23 February 2021 9,799 4 View

How can we determine the band gap of a composite material that is made up of a composition of direct and indirect band gap semiconductor materials?

I have a direct band gap material and an indirect band gap material. If I made a composite of both through physical mixing. Then how can I determine the band gap of such a material as the Tauc...

17 February 2021 8,104 4 View

Any resist stripper which can remove thick metal based polymer residue and which is compatible with doped silicon ?

I am looking some resist strippers which can easily remove metal based polymer residue after post dry etch process. I have some candidates below but not sure if they are compatible with doped...

21 January 2021 3,008 3 View

What is the best way to calculate electrical conductivity of semiconductors and the same system with a layer of oxide using Quantum Espresso?

I have tried BoltzTrap, and EPW but I'm not sure whether Boltzmann Transport Equation is a right approach for a complex system (semi cond. + an Oxide layer or even the semiconductor itself). Also...

11 January 2021 4,597 4 View

What are the procedures for environment friendly and effective methods to prepare silicon QDs, Si nanotubes and silicene (2D materials)?

There are different nanostructures of silicon like nanotubes, QDs and silicene. I need to know what are the 'green' or other effective methods for preparing them..please share the procedures of...

10 January 2021 3,418 1 View

What materials besides gold can be infused into window panes?

Hello, Driving around, I have noticed a lot of office buildings where the glass panes have been infused with gold. The thin layer of gold reflects the sun and keeps the office at a comfortable,...

06 January 2021 976 4 View

How to calculate the band potential of a semiconductor material using energy band gap?

I am looking for methods to calculate the band potential of ZnFe2O4 and Fe2O3.

05 January 2021 6,416 2 View

Application for Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry?

I hope to have the opportunity to continue toI hope to have the opportunity to continue to do more in-depth research, do more in-depth research. My main field is to use semiconductor metal oxides...

04 January 2021 1,148 2 View