Sapphire crystals are widely used in optics and optoelectronics. In this regard, it is important to study the stability of crystals under external influence and the possibility of modifying their surfaces by external influence. This work presents the...
Zonal and sectorial heterogeneities in natural diamonds provide information on the growth conditions and post-growth changes. Cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy revealed these heterogeneities in a very detailed manner with high spatial resolution. I...
Ultrathin InAs layers with different thicknesses, from 0.75 to 1.4 monolayer, are grown in the GaAs matrix by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs (001) substrates. For sub-monolayer heterostructures, islands or segregations exist during the growth process...
Measurements of the cathodoluminescence (CL) and the degree of polarization (DOP) of (CL) from the facet of a GaAs substrate and in the vicinity of a SiN stripe are reported and analyzed. The deformation induced by the SiN stripe is estimated by fitt...
Quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) has rarely been applied for the archaeometric studies concerning marble provenance, despite its potential. This paper develops the method and provides a new database of the parameters obtained from the main marbl...
The combined application of Cathodoluminescence (CL) with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) on paintings and painted surfaces has the potential to identify both organic and inorganic pigments on a micrometre or even nanometre scale. Additionally, th...
The high quality of crystal growth and advanced fabrication technology of silicon carbide (SiC) in power electronics enables the control of optically active defects in SiC, such as silicon vacancies (VSi). In this paper, VSi are generated in hexagona...
Single-phase samples of the Ba1−xCexF2+x solid solution (x = 0.3–0.4) were synthesized by directional crystallization in the form of single crystals and by co-precipitation from aqueous nitrate solutions using potassium fluoride as a fluo...
Various marbles from historic quarries of the Czech Republic were examined by means of cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy (quantitative data) to determine the possible inclusion of the method in marble provenance studies. The methodology used was...
Notes on fits of analytic estimations, 2D finite element method (FEM), and 3D FEM simulations to measurements of the cathodoluminescence (CL) and to the degree of polarization (DOP) of the CL from the top surface of a (100) GaAs substrate with a 6.22...
InGaN materials are widely used in optoelectronic devices due to their excellent optical properties. Since the emission wavelength of the full-composition-graded InxGa1−xN films perfectly matches the solar spectrum, providing a full-spectrum re...
We describe the stress analysis of silicon oxide (SiO2) thin film using cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy and discuss its availability in this paper. To directly measure the CL spectra of the film under uniaxial tensile stresses, specially develo...
We analyzed the coupling behavior between the localized surface plasmon (LSP) and quantum wells (QWs) using cathodoluminescence (CL) in a green light-emitting diodes (LED) with Ag nanoparticles (NPs) filled in photonic crystal (PhC) holes. Photolumin...
Point defects, impurities, and defect–impurity complexes in diamond microcrystals were studied with the cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope, photoluminescence (PL), and Raman spectroscopy (RS). Such defects...
We present the characterization of a pn-junction GaAs nanowire. For the characterization, current–voltage, electron-beam-induced current, cathodoluminescence, and electron holography measurements are used. We show that by combining information...
Quartz of metamorphic rocks from the Kaoko belt (Namibia) representing metamorphic zones from greenshist to granulite facies were investigated by cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy and spectroscopy to characterize their CL properties. The samples co...
Comprehensive imaging of a biological individual can be achieved by utilizing the variation in spatial resolution, the scale of cathodoluminescence (CL), and near-infrared (NIR), as favored by imaging probe Gd2O3 co-doped lanthanide nanophosphors (NP...
Er3+/Yb3+ doped/co-doped NaGdF4 upconversion phosphor nanoparticles were synthesized via the thermal decomposition route of synthesis. The α-phase crystal structure and nanostructure of these particles were confirmed using XRD and FE-SEM analys...
The far ultraviolet C (UVC) light sources based on carbon nanotube (CNT) field emitters as excitation sources have become promising light sources for sterilization, disinfection, and water purification. However, the low light extraction efficiency of...
We performed a detailed analysis of hydrothermal quartz at the Mokrsko gold deposit (Čelina, Mokrsko-East, and Mokrsko-West deposits). Twenty-one samples were studied by scanning electron microscopy cathodoluminescence (CL) imagining, CL emission spe...
A multi-technique approach combining petrographic, cathodoluminescence, and stable isotope analyses is commonly used in provenance studies of archaeological marbles. In the present paper, this characterization approach transcends provenance, and it i...
In this report, quantum dots of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) were fabricated on the surface of polycrystalline Ni film at low growth temperatures (700, 750, and 800 °C) by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Reflection high-energy electron...
Combined analysis methods such as optical microscopy (OM), cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM–EDX) have made it possible to obtain the first physico...
In this work, 1 eV Ga0.7In0.3As inverted metamorphic (IMM) solar cells were analyzed to achieve a deeper understanding of the mechanism limiting their improvement. For this purpose, high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD), transmission electron mic...
Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals. Used in a variety of materials, it preserves geological history and reflects alteration conditions. Data were collected (>2400 data points) from more than 40 ore deposits to understand its internal text...
An InAlN/GaN heterostructure has been successfully grown on GaN/sapphire and AlN/sapphire substrate by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. The whole epitaxial quality has been confirmed through X-ray diffraction, while some corresponding micro-s...
Zinc-based oxides are the main products obtained after the Waelz process, a metallurgical method used industrially for the treatment of electric arc furnaces. These oxides have certain impurities in their composition, which can be a disadvantage. Car...
ZnO nanorods are promising materials for many applications, in particular for UV detectors. In the present paper, the properties of high crystal quality individual ZnO nanorods and nanorod arrays grown by the self-catalytic CVD method have been inves...
The variety of types that appear in kidney stones makes it necessary to describe them to try to understand their formation. The crystalline phases recognized in stones are classified according to their chemical composition. For this reason, a study u...
Surface undulation was formed while growing InGaN/GaN multi-quantum wells on a semi-polar m-plane (1–100) sapphire substrate. Two distinct facets, parallel to 112¯2 and 011¯1, were formed in the embedded multi-quantum wells (MQWs). Th...
Composite nanostructures of coral reefs like p-type NiO/n-type ZnO were synthesized on fluorine-doped tin oxide glass substrates by hydrothermal growth. Structural characterization was performed by field emission scanning electron microscopy, high-re...
Ag nanoparticles (NPs) are filled in a photonic crystal (PhC) hole array on green light emitting diodes (LEDs). The localized surface plasmon (LSP)–quantum well (QW) coupling effect is studied by measuring the cathodoluminescence (CL) spectra i...
Samples of ZrO2 ceramics with different concentrations of impurity titanium ions were synthesized by mixing zirconium and titanium oxide powders in different mass ratios. The X-ray diffraction analysis was used to determine the phase composition, lat...
In this work, the physical and the electrical properties of vertical GaN Schottky diodes were investigated. Cathodo-luminescence (CL), micro-Raman spectroscopy, SIMS, and current-voltage (I-V) measurements were performed to better understand the effe...
This review presents recent research advances in measuring native point defects in ZnO nanostructures, establishing how these defects affect nanoscale electronic properties, and developing new techniques to manipulate these defects to control nano- a...
Topological insulators, such as Bi2Te3, have been confirmed to exhibit plasmon radiation over the entire visible spectral range. Herein, we fabricate bullseye nanoemitters, consisting of a central disk and concentric gratings, on the Bi2Te3 nanoflake...
We report a cathodoluminescence (CL) study of layered germanium sulfide (GeS) where we observe a sharp emission peak from flakes covered with a thin hexagonal boron nitride film. GeS is a material that has recently attracted considerable interest due...
Lanthanide-doped yttrium oxide nanoparticles can display selective upconversion properties, rendering them invaluable in the field of nanomedicine for both sensing and diagnostics. Different syntheses of Er:Y2O3 and Nd:Y2O3 nanoparticles (NPs) were s...
Revealing the internal structure of diamonds is key to understanding the general regularities of crystal growth and dissolution. This paper presents and summarizes data on the internal structure of diamonds of different morphological types, colors an...
Epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) of GaN epilayers on a sapphire substrate was studied by using a laser-patterned graphene interlayer. Monolayer graphene was transferred onto the sapphire substrate using a wet transfer technique, and its quality was...
In this work, we report on the efficiency of single InGaN/GaN quantum wells (QWs) grown on thin (<1 µm) GaN buffer layers on silicon (111) substrates exhibiting very high threading dislocation (TD) densities. Despite this high defect density...
The dynamics of dislocations introduced through indentation or scratching at room temperature into a few GaN layers that were grown using the HVPE, MOCVD and ELOG methods and had different dislocation densities were studied via the electron-beam-indu...
The occurrence and formation of silicified wood from five late Paleozoic basins in Central Europe was investigated. Fossil wood from diverse geological settings was studied using field observations, taphonomic determinations as well as mineralogical...
Fine powders of mixed gadolinium tantalum niobates doped with Eu, Sm, Tb, and Er were synthesized. Ceramic samples of polycomponent solid solutions of Gd0.96Eu0.01Sm0.01Tb0.01Er0.01Nb0.9Ta0.1O4 were obtained from synthesized powders using conventiona...
The Forma Urbis Romae (F.U.) was a 3rd-century-AD monumental map of ancient Rome consisting of 151 rectangular marble slabs. Several efforts have been made to reconstruct it from its current incomplete and fragmentary condition. In this paper, we exp...
Nanodiamonds (NDs) are emerging as a promising candidate for multimodal bioimaging on account of their optical and spectroscopic properties. NDs are extensively utilized for bioimaging probes due to their defects and admixtures in their crystal latti...
Micro- and nano-structures of ZnO were synthesized by the vapor–solid method at 600, 700, and 800 °C in atmospheres of Ar and air, at atmospheric pressure. The structural characterization XRD shows that the nano-structures synthesized in ai...
In this study, the low temperature aqueous chemical growth (ACG) method was employed to synthesized ZnO nanorods to process-organic hybrid white light emitting diodes (LEDs) on glass substrate. Electroluminescence spectra of the hybrid white LEDs dem...
The study of the oldest surviving rock suites is crucial for understanding the processes that shaped the early Earth and formed an environment suitable for life. The metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the early Archean Isua supracrustal belt c...
Archaeometric studies on mosaics often concentrate only on glass tesserae, while comprehensive studies including both stone and glass tesserae are scarce; however, both types of tesserae can sometimes bring relevant data to elaborate archaeological k...
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