Crystals, Volume 10, Issue 9

We report on a new approach to measure the accumulated B-integral in the regenerative and multipass amplifier stages of ultrashort-pulse high-power laser systems by B-integral-induced coupling between delayed test post-pulses and the main pulse. A nu...

We investigated the effects of GaN buffer resistance of AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on direct current (DC), low-frequency noise (LFN), and pulsed I-V characterization performances. The devices with the highest GaN buffer resi...

In this paper we provide a design for a vertical grating coupler for a silicon thin film on lithium niobate. The parameters-such as the cladding layer thickness of lithium niobate, fiber position, fiber angle, grating period, and duty cycle are analy...

The existing kinetic models often consider the influence of a single factor alone on the chemical reaction and this is insufficient to completely describe the decomposition reaction of solids. Therefore, the existing kinetic models were improved usin...

The microflower-like Si/MoS₂ composites were fabricated using Si quantum dots (QDs) to assist a facile hydrothermal method. The electrochemical performance of Si/MoS₂ composite in symmetric and asymmetric systems was studied. Electrochemical characte...

A new lanthanum and manganese ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) coordination polymer (EDTA⁴⁻ = [(CH₂N)₂(CH₂-COOH)(CH₂COO)₄]) was synthesized from La(NO₃)₃ and Mn(NO₃)₂ reagents, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and water at room temperature. T...

We review here new advances in the synthesis and investigation of iron(II) coordination compounds with tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methane and its derivatives as ligands. The complexes demonstrate thermally induced spin crossover accompanied by thermochromism....

The well-known solid-state reaction method is used for the synthesis of Tb doped LuGd₂Ga₂Al₃O₁₂ phosphor. XRD and SEM techniques are used for the phase and structural morphology of the synthesized phosphor. UV, X-ray and proton induced spectroscopy i...

Deep level defects created by implantation of light-helium and medium heavy carbon ions in the single ion regime and neutron irradiation in n-type 4H-SiC are characterized by the DLTS technique. Two deep levels with energies 0.4 eV (EH1) and 0.7 eV (...

We optimized a silicon nitride (SiN_x) passivation process using a catalytic-chemical vapor deposition (Cat-CVD) system to suppress the current collapse phenomenon of AlGaN/GaN-on-Si high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). The optimized Cat-CVD Si...

The interaction of high-intensity laser pulses with solid targets can be used as a highly charged, energetic heavy ion source. Normally, intrinsic contaminants on the target surface suppress the performance of heavy ion acceleration from a high-inten...

Anosovite crystalline is an ideal mineral for flotation from the Ti-bearing blast furnace (TBBF) slag. Ti₃O₅ crystal and Al₂TiO₅ crystal are two kinds of anosovites, and the Al element significantly affects the electronic structure and flotation perf...

Molluscs are known for their ability to produce a calcified shell resulting from a genetically controlled and matrix-mediated process, performed extracellularly. The occluded organic matrix consists of a complex mixture of proteins, glycoproteins and...

Photo-alignment is a versatile tool to pattern the alignment at the confining substrates in a liquid crystal (LC) cell. Arbitrary alignment patterns can be created by using projection with a spatial light modulator (SLM) for the illumination. We demo...

We report reversible structural transformation that occurs in two ladder compounds: Cu₂CO₃(ClO₄)₂(NH₃)₆ (1) and Cu₂CO₃(ClO₄)₂(NH₃)₅(H₂O) (2), when they are exposed to gaseous vapors. The ladder structures of both 1 and 2 consist of two Cu²⁺ ions and...

The depletion of fossil fuel resources has prompted the scientific community to find renewable alternatives for the production of energy and chemicals. The products of the aldol condensation between bio-based furfural and acetone have been individuat...

It has been long recognized that dual-energy imaging could help to enhance the detectability of lesions in diagnostic radiology, by removing the contrast of surrounding tissues. Furthermore, X-ray attenuation is material specific and information abou...

The transmission electrode technique has been recently proposed as a versatile method to obtain various types of liquid-crystal (LC) lenses. In this work, an equivalent electric circuit and new analytical expressions based on this technique are devel...

The effect of N content on the characteristics and formation of inclusions in the Fe-5Mn-3Al steels was investigated in this study. Two synthetic steel melts were produced by two different methods—N₂ gas purging and injecting—to introduce...

The addition of transition element oxides to tungsten heavy alloys (WHAs) fabricated by powder metallurgy technique provides new materials with higher density and electrical conductivity, which may be adequate in some applications such as kinetic ene...

Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) coatings with typical pyramid columnar and dense layered structure were prepared by plasma spray-physical vapor deposition (PS-PVD). The evolution behavior of microstructure and crystallography of the coatings before...

SmB${}_6$ is a mixed valence topological Kondo insulator. To investigate the effect of substituting Sm with magnetic Ce ions on the physical properties of samarium hexaboride, Ce-substituted SmB${}_6$ crystals were grown by the floating zone method for the fir...

The direct route using a bifunctional amphiphilic structuring agent for the synthesis of hierarchical nanozeolites coupled with pseudomorphic transformation was used for the crystallization of hierarchized zeolite beads/hollow spheres composed of ZSM...

Ferroelectrics belong to one of the most studied groups of materials in terms of research and applications [...]

Al_xGa_1−xN/GaN heterostructures with two kinds of Al composition were grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on sapphire substrates. The Al compositions in the AlGaN barrier layer were confirmed to be 13% and 28% using high res...

The importance of heat-resistant optics is increasing together with the average power of high-intensity lasers. A silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic with high thermal conductivity is proposed as an optics substrate to suppress thermal effects. The tempera...

This Special Issue on “Cement-Based Composites: Advancements in Development and Characterization” presents the latest research and advances in the field of cement-based composites. This special issue covers a variety of experimental studi...

The impact of a CeO₂-ZnO nanocomposite on the photocatalytic and antibacterial properties compared to bare ZnO was investigated. A CeO₂-ZnO nanocomposite was synthesized using Acacia nilotica fruit extract as a novel fuel by a simple solution combust...

Post-translational modifications are one way that biomineral-associated cells control the function and fate of proteins. Of the ten different types of post-translational modifications, one of the most interesting and complex is glycosylation, or the...

Crystal plasticity models attempt to reproduce the complex deformation processes of polycrystalline metals based on a virtual representation of the real microstructure. When choosing this representation, a compromise must be made between level of det...

There are few research reports on the relationship between fish habitats and the periodicity of the fishes’ incremental lines of otolith fossils. The present study examines this relationship through histological and analytical studies on otolit...

High-quality crystals are essential to ensure high-resolution structural information. Protein crystals are controlled by many factors, such as pH, temperature, and the ion concentration of crystalline solutions. We previously reported the development...

Grain boundary sliding is an important deformation mechanism, and therefore its description is essential for modeling different technological processes of thermomechanical treatment, in particular the superplasticity forming of metallic materials. Fo...

Polymer derived ceramics (PDCs) are promising candidates for usages as the functionalization of inorganic Si-based materials. Compared with traditional ceramics preparation methods, it is easier to prepare and functionalize ceramics with complex shap...

We report optical and mechanical properties of hard aluminum magnesium boride films magnetron sputtered from a stoichiometric AlMgB₁₄ ceramic target onto Corning^® 1737 Glass and Si (100) wafers. High target sputtering rf-power and sufficiently sh...

In order to improve the early age strength of ordinary Portland cement-based materials, many early strength agents were applied in different conditions. Different from previous research, the nano calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) particles used in thi...

This review of the current state of magnetocalorics is focused on materials exhibiting a giant magnetocaloric response near room temperature. To be economically viable for industrial applications and mass production, materials should have desired use...

The Casson model is a fascinating model, which is genuinely recommended for use with fluids of a non-Newtonian type. The conventional model is not capable to represent the Casson model with the suspension of foreign bodies (dust particles). Due to th...

Nanosized zeolites with larger external surface area and decreased diffusion pathway provide many potential opportunities in adsorption, diffusion, and catalytic applications. Herein, we report a designer synthesis of ultra-fine Fe-LTL zeolite nanocr...

A strongly temperature-dependent photo-induced transient absorption is measured in 6.5 mol% magnesium-doped lithium niobate at temperatures ranging from 45 K to 225 K. This phenomenon is interpreted as resulting from the generation and subsequent rec...

Electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) sensors, used in applications such as pH sensing and sodium ion sensing, are the most basic type of ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET) membranes. Currently, some of the most popular tec...

Recently, the use of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP)-confinement has increased due to its various favorable effects on concrete structures, such as an increase in strength and ductility. Therefore, researchers have been attracted to exploring the beh...

Two new nonmetal cation tetrafluoroborate phases [H₃tren](BF₄)₃ (I) and [H₃tren](BF₄)₃ HF (II) were synthesized by microwave-assisted solvothermal and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy and thermal analysis DTA-TGA. [H...

Cohesion is defined as the shear strength of material when compressive stress is zero. This article presents a new method for the experimental determination of cohesion at pre-set angles of shear deformation. Specially designed moulds are created to...

A layer of chiral liquid crystal (CLC) with a photonic bandgap in the visible range has excellent reflective properties. Recently, two director configurations have been proposed in the literature for CLC between two substrates with periodic photo-ali...

Ferroelectric domain wall conductance is a rapidly growing field. Thin-film lithium niobate, as in lithium niobate on insulators (LNOI), appears to be an ideal template, which is tuned by the inclination of the domain wall. Thus, the precise tuning o...

Crystallography remains, for mineralogy, one of the main sources of information on natural crystalline substances [...]

Luminescence properties of europium-doped Ca_10-xEu_x(PO₄)₆(OH)₂ (x_Eu = 0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.10 and 0.20) and gadolinium-doped hydroxyapatite Ca_9.80Gd_0.20(PO₄)₆(OH)₂ (HA), synthesized via solid-state reaction at T = 1300 °C, were investigated using sca...

New symmetrical 1:2 supramolecular H-bonded liquid crystals (SMHBLCs) interactions, A/2Bn, were formed between adipic acid and 4-(4′–pyridylazophenyl) 4″-alkoxybenzoates. Optical and mesomorphic behaviors of the prepared SMHBLC comp...

The instantaneous response of liquid crystal (LC) molecules near the dye-adsorbed layer of azo dye-doped LCs (ADDLCs) in early-stage photoexcitation was observed through the pumped-attenuated total reflection (PATR) method. As the sensing depth of th...