How to avoid blistering in DC sputtered thin films?

I am trying to deposit DC sputtered GeTe thin films. I need to anneal the films to crystallize them. I am using RCA1 cleaned substrates with chamber vacuum > 2e-8 Torr. After deposition, films...

05 June 2017 2,249 8 View

Any guidance on DC sputtered tungsten micro heaters?

I am trying to design micro-heaters that should go more than 800 deg C. I tried different materials, but tungsten seems a potential candidate. I am using lift-off to pattern the thin films of...

05 June 2017 8,184 4 View

How does one calculate RF MEMS Switch Speed (Transient Analysis)?

Hi, Can anybody help me in calculating RF MEMS Switching Speeds in Comsol Multiphysics/ANSYS? Can anybody share the sample/example model? I am using Ansys HFSS. Can we do this by exporting the...

08 September 2014 6,647 6 View

How to calculate the pull-in voltage of RF MEMS Switch in Comsol?

08 September 2014 2,523 2 View

Microsoft Word or LaTeX?

I've using Word since so many years, but new to LaTeX, and starting seems difficult as there are a lot of commands. Is LaTeX is really better than word?

06 July 2013 1,202 15 View

How can I check for fatigue or the lifetime of an RF MEMS switch using COMSOL?

Please if someone could explain that how can I check the lifetime of RF MEMS switch or any other structure (example or switch) which makes contact with signal to change the state in COMSOL!

06 July 2013 5,069 2 View

Calculation of elastic recovery forces in MEMS switch membranes in COMSOL

When we provide bias voltage, due to electrostatic force the membrane gets displaced towards electrode/s, but how to check the elastic recovery forces of membrane, i.e., will the structure returns...

06 July 2013 6,429 1 View

Is it possible to grow a layer of graphene on gold at micro scale?

I want to know that whether it is possible to grow a layer of graphene on gold, if yes then how?

06 July 2013 8,847 2 View

What is the most Operating System (OS) which can be INSTALL on Tiny hard devices like Raspberry Pi (RPi) hardware ?

I'm targeting to deploy a mesh network and manually configure MANET routing protocols. I'm preparing scenarios, architectures, and hard devices needed to do that. Are there some step-by-step...

03 March 2021 1,931 5 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

Is there any tutorial for comsol general projections?

Hi, im trying to make a projection in a 3d comsol model. I have a non uniforme chanel and my intention is to get the average tempreture in the y-z cross section and se the average tempreture...

02 March 2021 4,624 4 View

Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities or caverns with respect to their size and shape?

The range of forms and sizes of cavities in rock is very big. Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities regarding their size and shape?

02 March 2021 4,511 3 View

Is it possible to do piezoelectric coupling in ANSYS-APDL or COMSOL between tapered substrate and rectangular piezoelectric patch?

How to do Piezoelectric coupling in ANSYS-APDL or COMSOL between tapered substrate and rectangular piezoelectric patch? Piezoelectric coupling between the rectangular substrate and rectangular...

02 March 2021 9,833 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

What thickness need for ITO to use as conductive layer?

I want to do RF sputtering of ITO on glass substrate using magnetron sputtering. what thickness do i need to make it good conductive layer to use it for PSC. Moreover, whats about thickness of...

01 March 2021 395 3 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View

How can i resolve the "final solutuin is not converged" error in Comsol for my heat transfer simulation??

I have been trying to simulate heat transfer problem in Comsol 5.5 for long time but it always throw an error stating: "Failed to find a solution. Maximum number of Newton iterations...

28 February 2021 8,626 3 View

How to Eliminate cosine error and abbe error in LASER measurement system(for example Rhenishaw XL80)?

I like to do project in laser measurement system. My objective is to eliminate or reduce the cosine error, abbe error in Laser measurement system. I have Rhenishaw XL80 system. Please tell the...

28 February 2021 4,890 3 View