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8 Citations
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Microchannel Heat Sinks—A Comprehensive Review

  • Usman Ghani,
  • Muhammad Anas Wazir,
  • Kareem Akhtar,
  • Mohsin Wajib and
  • Shahmir Shaukat

An efficient cooling system is necessary for the reliability and safety of modern microchips for a longer life. As microchips become smaller and more powerful, the heat flux generated by these chips per unit area also rises sharply. Traditional cooli...

  • Review
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15 Citations
10,765 Views
21 Pages

Review on Power Cycling Reliability of SiC Power Device

  • Xu Gao,
  • Qiang Jia,
  • Yishu Wang,
  • Hongqiang Zhang,
  • Limin Ma,
  • Guisheng Zou and
  • Fu Guo

The rising demand for increased integration and higher power outputs poses a hidden risk to the long-term reliable operation of third-generation semiconductors. Thus, the power cycling test (PCT) is widely regarded as the utmost critical test for ass...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,562 Views
31 Pages

Recent Advances of Conductive Hydrogels for Flexible Electronics

  • Jingyu Wang,
  • Bao Yang,
  • Zhenyu Jiang,
  • Yiping Liu,
  • Licheng Zhou,
  • Zejia Liu and
  • Liqun Tang

Conductive hydrogels combine the properties of both hydrogels and conductors, making them soft, flexible, and biocompatible. These properties enable them to conform to irregular surfaces, stretch and bend without losing their electrical conductivity,...

  • Review
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8 Citations
6,841 Views
18 Pages

Polyimide-Based Dielectric Materials for High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage

  • Lingling Liu,
  • Li Li,
  • Shixian Zhang,
  • Wenhan Xu and
  • Qing Wang

Polyimide (PI) has received great attention for high-temperature capacitive energy storage materials due to its remarkable thermal stability, relatively high breakdown strength, strong mechanical properties, and ease of synthesis and modification. In...

  • Perspective
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7 Citations
6,052 Views
13 Pages

On-Surface Synthesis and Applications of 2D Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets

  • Jinwei Fan,
  • Zhuoqun Wang,
  • Haoge Cheng,
  • Dingguan Wang and
  • Andrew Thye Shen Wee

Covalent organic framework nanosheets (COF nanosheets) are two-dimensional crystalline porous polymers with in-plane covalent bonds and out-of-plane Van der Waals forces. Owing to the customizable structure, chemical modification, and ultra-high poro...

  • Article
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18 Citations
5,722 Views
15 Pages

This research is on the structural, optical, and electrical properties of SnO2 and ZnO thin films, which are increasingly used in many electronic devices, including gas sensors, light-emitting diodes, and solar cells. For the various applications, it...

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7 Citations
5,235 Views
29 Pages

Printed electronics employ established printing methods to create low-cost, mechanically flexible devices including batteries, supercapacitors, sensors, antennas and RFID tags on plastic, paper and textile substrates. This review focuses on the speci...

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7 Citations
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13 Pages

This article investigates resistive random access memory (ReRAM) crossbar memory arrays, which is a notable development in non-volatile memory technology. We highlight ReRAM’s competitive edge over NAND, NOR Flash, and phase-change memory (PCM)...

  • Article
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4 Citations
4,456 Views
10 Pages

Functionalized Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanofibers: An Innovative Triboelectric Energy Generator

  • Julia Isidora Salas,
  • Diego de Leon,
  • Sk Shamim Hasan Abir,
  • M. Jasim Uddin and
  • Karen Lozano

A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is one of the most significantly innovative microdevices for built-in energy harvesting with wearable and portable electronics. In this study, the forcespinning technology was used to synthesize a nanofiber (NF) m...

  • Review
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7 Citations
4,407 Views
15 Pages

Polymer Composites Containing Ionic Liquids: A Study of Electrical Conductivity

  • Ahmad Adlie Shamsuri,
  • Siti Nurul Ain Md. Jamil,
  • Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff and
  • Khalina Abdan

26 September 2024

Polymer composites are engineered materials that combine polymers with diverse fillers to enhance their physicochemical properties. The electrical conductivity of polymer composites is a vital characteristic that significantly broadens their use, par...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,144 Views
14 Pages

Effect of the RF Power of PECVD on the Crystalline Fractions of Microcrystalline Silicon (μc-Si:H) Films and Their Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties

  • Mario Moreno,
  • Arturo Torres-Sánchez,
  • Pedro Rosales,
  • Alfredo Morales,
  • Alfonso Torres,
  • Javier Flores,
  • Luis Hernández,
  • Carlos Zúñiga,
  • Carlos Ascencio and
  • Alba Arenas

In this work, we report on the deposition of microcrystalline silicon (µc-Si:H) films produced from silane (SiH4), hydrogen (H2), and argon (Ar) mixtures using the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique at 200 °C. Parti...

  • Article
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2 Citations
4,119 Views
8 Pages

Wrapping Amorphous Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide Transistors with High Current Density

  • Jiaxin Liu,
  • Shan Huang,
  • Zhenyuan Xiao,
  • Ning Li,
  • Jaekyun Kim,
  • Jidong Jin and
  • Jiawei Zhang

Amorphous oxide semiconductor transistors with a high current density output are highly desirable for large-area electronics. In this study, wrapping amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (a-IGZO) transistors are proposed to enhance the current density...

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8 Citations
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12 Pages

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) hold unique promise in solar photovoltaics owing to their low-cost fabrication and high efficiency in ambient conditions. However, to improve their commercial viability, effective, and low-cost methods must be emplo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,788 Views
23 Pages

Raman Spectroscopy and Electrical Transport in 30Li2O• (67−x) B2O3•(x) SiO2•3Al2O3 Glasses

  • Amrit P. Kafle,
  • David McKeown,
  • Winnie Wong-Ng,
  • Meznh Alsubaie,
  • Manar Alenezi,
  • Ian L. Pegg and
  • Biprodas Dutta

12 September 2024

We have investigated the influence of the relative proportions of glass formers in a series of lithium alumino-borosilicate glasses with respect to electrical conductivity (σ) and glass transition temperature (Tg) as functions of glass structur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,646 Views
11 Pages

The functionalization of conductive inks has been carried out through the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) onto the surface of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The ink prepared using this eco-friendly chemical reagent has been characterized str...

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1 Citations
3,568 Views
17 Pages

Power modules can occasionally be exposed to brief power peaks, causing overheating and premature failure of the power semiconductor devices. In order to overcome this issue without oversizing the module or its cooling system, this study aims to desi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,452 Views
9 Pages

Optical Properties of a-SiC:H Thin Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering

  • Christina Veneti,
  • Lykourgos Magafas and
  • Panagiota Papadopoulou

In the present work a-SiC:H thin films were prepared using magnetron sputtering technique for different substrate temperatures from 100 °C to 290 °C. Their optical properties were studied using the ellipsometry technique. The experimental res...

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11 Pages

Mole Fraction Dependent Passive Voltage Amplification in FE-DE Heterostructure

  • Archana Chamarahalli Manjunatha,
  • Pratheeksha Suresh,
  • Akshatha Bhat,
  • Vikash Mishra,
  • Yashwanth Nanjappa,
  • Bhaskar Awadhiya and
  • Sachin Agrawal

This paper explores ferroelectric–dielectric heterostructures comprising a ferroelectric oxide (Lead Zirconium Titanate (PbZr1xTix O3)) with a varying mole fraction and a fixed dielectric oxide (Silicon dioxide (SiO2)). The study ai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,265 Views
15 Pages

C60/CZTS Junction Combination to Improve the Efficiency of CZTS-Based Heterostructure Solar Cells: A Numerical Approach

  • Jobair Al Rafi,
  • Md. Ariful Islam,
  • Sayed Mahmud,
  • Mitsuhiro Honda,
  • Yo Ichikawa and
  • Muhammad Athar Uddin

This work presents a copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS)-based solar cell structure (AI/ITO/C60/CZTS/SnS/Pt) with C60 as a buffer layer, developed using the SCAPS-1D simulator by optimizing each parameter to calculate the output. Optimizing the parameters...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
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15 Pages

A Neural Network to Decipher Organic Electrochemical Transistors’ Multivariate Responses for Cation Recognition

  • Sébastien Pecqueur,
  • Dominique Vuillaume,
  • Željko Crljen,
  • Ivor Lončarić and
  • Vinko Zlatić

Extracting relevant data from real-world experiments is often challenging with intrinsic materials and device property dispersion, such as in organic electronics. However, multivariate data analysis can often be a mean to circumvent this and to extra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
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15 Pages

Silver-Doped CsPbI2Br Perovskite Semiconductor Thin Films

  • Tamiru Kebede,
  • Mulualem Abebe,
  • Dhakshnamoorthy Mani,
  • Aparna Thankappan,
  • Sabu Thomas and
  • Jung Yong Kim

All-inorganic perovskite semiconductors have received significant interest for their potential stability over heat and humidity. However, the typical CsPbI3 displays phase instability despite its desirable bandgap of ~1.73 eV. Herein, we studied the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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18 Pages

Tribological, Thermal, Kinetic, and Surface Microtextural Characterization of Prime p-Type <100> Silicon Wafer CMP for Direct Wafer Bonding Applications

  • Michelle Yap,
  • Catherine Yap,
  • Yasa Sampurno,
  • Glenn Whitener,
  • Jason Keleher,
  • Len Borucki and
  • Ara Philipossian

We investigated the tribological, thermal, kinetic, and surface microtextural characteristics of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of 300 mm p-type <100> prime silicon wafers (and their native oxide) at various pressures, sliding velocities,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,117 Views
16 Pages

Chlorine Adsorption on TiO2(110)/Water Interface: Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Photocatalytic Water Splitting

  • Yin-Pai Lin,
  • Dmitry Bocharov,
  • Inta Isakoviča,
  • Vladimir Pankratov,
  • Aleksandr A. Popov,
  • Anatoli I. Popov and
  • Sergei Piskunov

Chloride is one of the most abundant ions in sea water, which is more available than fresh water. Due to lack of H2O adsorbate states near the valence band maximum (VBM) edge, the difficulty of water dissociation incidents has been reported on the ru...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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18 Pages

Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) hold great recycling value, but improper recycling can lead to environmental issues. This study combines pyrolysis and microwave technologies, leveraging the unique phenomenon where metal materials tend to “...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,943 Views
18 Pages

Modelling of Low-Voltage Varistors’ Responses under Slow-Front Overvoltages

  • Lutendo Muremi,
  • Pitshou N. Bokoro and
  • Wesley Doorsamy

In this study, commercially low-voltage MOVs are exposed to switching surges to analyse and model the relationship between the number of surges and the MOV grain barrier height response. Repeated slow-front overvoltage transients are used to degrade...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,875 Views
9 Pages

The Switching Characteristics in Bilayer ZnO/HfO2 Resistive Random-Access Memory, Depending on the Top Electrode

  • So-Yeon Kwon,
  • Woon-San Ko,
  • Jun-Ho Byun,
  • Do-Yeon Lee,
  • Hi-Deok Lee and
  • Ga-Won Lee

In this study, the bipolar switching behaviors in ZnO/HfO2 bilayer resistive random-access memory (RRAM), depending on different metal top electrodes (TE), are analyzed. For this purpose, devices with two types of TE–TiN/Ti and Pd, which have v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,701 Views
13 Pages

Alternative Measurement Approach for the Evaluation of Hot-Electron Degradation in p-GaN Gate AlGaN/GaN Power HEMTs

  • Marcello Cioni,
  • Giovanni Giorgino,
  • Alessandro Chini,
  • Antonino Parisi,
  • Giacomo Cappellini,
  • Cristina Miccoli,
  • Maria Eloisa Castagna,
  • Cristina Tringali and
  • Ferdinando Iucolano

In this paper, a new method for evaluating hot-electron degradation in p-GaN gate AlGaN/GaN power HEMTs is proposed. The method exploits a commercial parameter analyzer to study VTH and RON drifts induced by on-state stress at VDS = 50 V. The results...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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10 Pages

Direct Writing of Metal Nanostructures with Focused Helium Ion Beams

  • Vladimir Bruevich,
  • Leila Kasaei,
  • Leonard C. Feldman and
  • Vitaly Podzorov

A helium ion microscope (HIM) with a focused He+-ion beam of variable flux and energy can be used as a tool for local nanoscale surface modification. In this work, we demonstrate a simple but versatile use of the HIM focused He ion beam to fabricate...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,644 Views
9 Pages

In this work, we report the first attempt to investigate the dependence of thioacetamide (TAA) on the size of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) in forming ZnS nanostructures from ZnO. Size-controlled B(blue)_, G(green)_, and Y(yellow)_ZnO quantum dots (QDs) an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,474 Views
6 Pages

In this work, a gate insulator poly (4-vinylphenol) (PVP) of an organic field effect transistor (OFET) was deposited using an inkjet printing technique, realized via a high printing resolution. Various parameters, including the molecular weight of PV...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,409 Views
10 Pages

In this study, we investigated the density of states extraction method for atomic-deposited ZnO thin-film transistors (TFTs) by analyzing gate-dependent field-effect mobility. The atomic layer deposition (ALD) method offers ultra-thin and smooth ZnO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,405 Views
10 Pages

Based on the minimum conduction band edge caused by the minimum channel potential resulting from the quasi-3D scaling theory and the 3D density of state (DOS) accompanied by the Fermi–Dirac distribution function on the source and drain sides, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,309 Views
15 Pages

Enhancement of Photo-Electrical Properties of CdS Thin Films: Effect of N2 Purging and N2 Annealing

  • Gayan K. L. Sankalpa,
  • Gayan R. K. K. G. R. Kumarasinghe,
  • Buddhika S. Dassanayake and
  • Gayan W. C. Kumarage

The impact of N2 purging in the CdS deposition bath and subsequent N2 annealing is examined and contrasted with conventional CdS films, which were deposited without purging and annealed in ambient air. All films were fabricated using the chemical bat...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,287 Views
15 Pages

The effects of Fe-implantation on the electrical characteristics of Au/p-Si Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) were studied using current–voltage (IV) and capacitance–voltage (CV) techniques. The Rutherford Backscattering Spectr...

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1 Citations
2,249 Views
10 Pages

GaOOH, having a bandgap of 4.7–4.9 eV, can be regarded as one of several ultrawide-bandgap (UWBG) semiconductors, although it has so far mainly been used as a precursor material of Ga2O3. To examine the possibility of valence control and applic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
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14 Pages

Implication of Surface Passivation on the In-Plane Charge Transport in the Oriented Thin Films of P3HT

  • Nisarg Hirens Purabiarao,
  • Kumar Vivek Gaurav,
  • Shubham Sharma,
  • Yoshito Ando and
  • Shyam Sudhir Pandey

Optimizing charge transport in organic semiconductors is crucial for advancing next-generation optoelectronic devices. The performance of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) is significantly influenced by the alignment of films in the channel di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,986 Views
16 Pages

In this work, we demonstrate the preparation of easy-to-fabricate nanogranular strontium ferromolybdate/strontium molybdate core-shell ceramics and examine their properties, including tunnel magnetoresistance, magnetic field sensitivity, and temperat...

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1,880 Views
23 Pages

A new and transformative era in semiconductor packaging is underway, wherein, there is a shift from transistor scaling to system scaling and integration through advanced packaging. For advanced packaging, interconnect scaling is a key driver, with in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,804 Views
13 Pages

Research on the Withstand Voltage Properties of Cr/Mn-Doped Al2O3 Ceramics in Vacuum

  • Dandan Feng,
  • Xiaojing Wang,
  • Xueying Han,
  • Zhiqiang Yu,
  • Jialun Feng and
  • Hefei Wang

Al2O3 ceramics are widely used in vacuum electronic devices. However, surface flashover in a vacuum during the application of high voltage significantly influences their reliability and restricts the development of vacuum electronic devices. The seco...

  • Article
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1 Citations
1,800 Views
12 Pages

Development of Water-Developable Negative Photoresist for i-Line Photolithography Using Cellulose Derivatives with Underlayer

  • Hiryu Hayashi,
  • Yuna Hachikubo,
  • Mano Ando,
  • Misaki Oshima,
  • Mayu Morita and
  • Satoshi Takei

Water-developable photoresist was synthesized by introducing methacrylate groups into hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), a cellulose derivative, via substitution of hydroxyl groups. The material enabled micropatterning through ultraviolet (UV) exposure a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,668 Views
10 Pages

Modeling of Magnetoconductivity (MC) Behavior in Dilute p-Si/SiGe/Si

  • Hamza Mabchour,
  • Yassine Essakali,
  • Mounir El Hassan,
  • Samir Elouaham,
  • Boujemaa Nassiri,
  • Said Dlimi and
  • Abdelhamid El Kaaouachi

In this study, we investigate the magnetoconductivity behavior in a 2D p-Si/SiGe/Si system. To achieve this, we develop a theoretical model that incorporates three key contributions, the weak localization effect, electron–electron interaction e...

  • Review
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2 Citations
1,483 Views
31 Pages

Recent Advances in Triboelectric Materials for Active Health Applications

  • Chang Peng,
  • Yuetong Lin,
  • Zhenyu Jiang,
  • Yiping Liu,
  • Licheng Zhou,
  • Zejia Liu,
  • Liqun Tang and
  • Bao Yang

Triboelectric materials can convert irregular mechanical stimuli from human motion or environmental sources into high surface charge densities and instantaneous electrical outputs. Their intrinsic properties, such as flexibility, stretchability, chem...

  • Article
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1,482 Views
18 Pages

Thermal Characterization Methods of Novel Substrate Materials Utilized in IGBT Modules

  • János Hegedüs,
  • Péter Gábor Szabó,
  • László Pohl,
  • Gusztáv Hantos,
  • Gyula Lipák,
  • Andrea Reolon and
  • Ferenc Ender

In this article, thermal investigation methods for electrically insulating and thermally conductive substrate materials will be presented. The investigations were performed in their real-world application environment, i.e., in the form of IGBT (insul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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17 Pages

Impact of Cu-Site Dopants on Thermoelectric Power Factor for Famatinite (Cu3SbS4) Nanomaterials

  • Jacob E. Daniel,
  • Evan Watkins,
  • Mitchel S. Jensen,
  • Allen Benton,
  • Apparao Rao,
  • Sriparna Bhattacharya and
  • Mary E. Anderson

Famatinite (Cu3SbS4) is an earth-abundant, nontoxic material with potential for thermoelectric energy generation applications. Herein, rapid, energy-efficient, and facile one-pot modified polyol synthesis was utilized to produce gram-scale quantities...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,399 Views
15 Pages

Impact of SiN Passivation on Dynamic-RON Degradation of 100 V p-GaN Gate AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

  • Marcello Cioni,
  • Giacomo Cappellini,
  • Giovanni Giorgino,
  • Alessandro Chini,
  • Antonino Parisi,
  • Cristina Miccoli,
  • Maria Eloisa Castagna,
  • Aurore Constant and
  • Ferdinando Iucolano

In this paper, the impact of SiN passivation on dynamic-RON degradation of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs devices is put in evidence. To this end, samples showing different SiN passivation stoichiometry are considered, labeled as Sample A and Sample B. For dynamic-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
891 Views
14 Pages

The combination of polypyrrole (PPy) with graphene has attracted extensive attention as a nonlinear optical material with various optoelectronic applications. Here, we describe the development of PPy nanoplates prepared using a simple spin-coating me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
857 Views
18 Pages

An Efficient Electrostatic Discharge Analytical Model for a Local Bottom-Gate Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor

  • Weiyi Zheng,
  • Yuyan Zhang,
  • Zhifeng Chen,
  • Qiaoying Gan,
  • Xuefang Xiao,
  • Ying Gao,
  • Jianhua Jiang and
  • Chengying Chen

In the post-Moore era, carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNTFETs) are a promising alternative to complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology at and below the 5 nm node. Compact models bridge circuit design and device physics, ye...

  • Article
  • Open Access
785 Views
18 Pages

The rapid development of electronic devices has led to increasing requirements for higher-performance thermal interface materials (TIMs). Based on the finite element method, this study investigates the heat transfer enhancement mechanism of polymer-b...

  • Article
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24 Pages

Multiferroic composites of xNi0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4/(1 − x)BaTiO3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, labeled NZFO/BTO) with ~100 nm particle size were synthesized via high-energy ball milling and thermal annealing. The X-ray diffraction shows a co-existence of the...

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