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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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High power rotary microgenerator with multipole and multilayer planar microcoil

Wu, Tsung-Tien 01 July 2005 (has links)
MEMS process offers many advantages that the microsystem can be downscaled and can be combined with integrated circuit (IC). This technique has been successfully applied to micromotor, micropump, and microelectric apparatus but there has been existing problems of independent and compact power supply system. Hence this study presents an electromagnetic rotary microgenerator, mainly consisting of multilayer planar Cu microcoil and multipolar hard magnet of Nd/Fe/B by sintering. The layout of the microgenerator is 9 9 1 mm3 in volume. The paper also presents design and analysis of a multipolar rotary electromagnetic microgenerator. Theoretical mathematic model is derived to predict the power generation. Experimental results are compared with simulations. The experimental result shows good agreement with simulations. The preliminary experimental result reveals that this microgenerator with eight magnet poles and four-layer Cu planar microcoil generates an output voltage of 569 mV at 213.7 Hz frequency.
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Development of self-built multilayer aligner for imprint process

Cheng, Lun-hong 03 August 2005 (has links)
In this paper, a new method combining imprint lithography and multiimprint was discussed to improve the generic TFT process. In order to apply the multilayer imprint, the alignment machine is essential for the whole process. Although there are many types of equipment available on the market, the cost of those alignment apparatuses is too expensive. In this paper, a simple theorem is employed to complete a low cost alignment machine with alignment accuracy to 5 £gm. Besides, in order to develop new TFT imprint photoresist, three kind of materials, AZ-series photoresist (AZ-650 a positive photoresist), HOSP (Hygrido Organic Siloxane Polymer) and SE-812, are tested for imprint and evaluate the applications of these materials in the future. The AZ-650 suits imprint process in this experiment.
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Effect of MgO doping on the microstructure development of BaTiO3

Lee, Hwan-Wen 06 August 2008 (has links)
Commericially available BaTiO3 powder was die-pressed to discs, and sintered by a two-stage firing consisting of reducing in low oxygen partial pressures (pO2) and re-oxidizing in a higher pO2 to simulate the industrial process of manufacturing the multi-layer ceramic capacitors(MLCC). Both undoped and MgO-doped discs as well as commercial MLCC chips, provided by Ferro Electronic Material Systems, have been investigated for sintered microstructures using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), crystalline phases using the X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and dielectric properties using the frequency response analysis. A comparison between the microstructures is made in order to look for the microstructure origin of the macroscopic behaviour, e.g. dielectric properties.It is found that the crystalline phases have changed frompredominantly tetragonal to pseudo-cubic with MgO > 0.5 mol.%. Apart from grain growth being effectively suppressed in MgO-doped compositions, grains containing the characteristic ferroelectric domains in undoped samples have decreased significantly in number. The indication is that Mg2+ dissolving into the BaTiO3 lattice, substituting for the Ti4+ site reduces the c/a ratio. However, unlike what was reported before, no direct experimental evidence is found to support that grain growth inhibition is effected by Mg2+ segregation to grain boundaries.Dislocation loops are observed ubiquitously in all samples, although bothMgO doping and low pO2 have decisive effect on their density in sintered grains. In MLCC chips, the microstructure is characterised by core-shell grains representing the dissolution of solutes, and modulated grains representing the ordering of chemical defects, e.g. substitutional defects and oxygen vacancies forming defect clusters.Residual pores located intragranularly in the MLCC chips are also observed, and its origin discussed. The formation of such pores is attributed to vacancy condensation which is enhanced by the increased oxygen vacancies due to MgO doping, as an acceptor, and by low pO2 firing.
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The Growth of the Magnetic Multilayer and Relative Properties

Ho, Yen-Hsun 22 August 2008 (has links)
From the discovery of GMR effect since 1988,spintronic has been extensively developed. Research and application of relative GMR, CMR and TMR topics have progressed rapidly. In the year of 2007, the Nobel prize of physics was awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg for the great achievement on the research of GMR. The application of development on MRAM is a very hot subject recently and the main operating constructions of MRAM are MTJ. In this thesis, La0.67Ca0.33MnO3¡BLa0.67Sr1.33MnO4 and La0.8Ba0.2MnO3 of CMR materials were growth to multilayer to investigate the properties and characters of the films, in order to built up the MRAM based on CMR MTJ¡¦s.
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Stepwise adsorption for the formation of multilayer thin films /

Rouse, Jason Hayden, January 2001 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references and vita.
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Preparation of LB films of alkyl-amine complexes and their optical ellipsometric and X-ray mirror properties

Hariyadi January 1999 (has links)
No description available.
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Development and application of FTIR reflectance spectroscopy for the characterisation of novel SIMOX structures

Hatzopoulos, Nikos January 1996 (has links)
The purpose of this project has been twofold: firstly, to develop further FTIR reflectance spectroscopy as a technique for the quantitative characterisation of SOI multilayer structures and secondly, to use it in combination with other techniques, such as RBS/Channelling, XTEM, SIMS, AES and SRP, to investigate the evolution and structure of novel SOI materials. In order to evaluate the FTIR results, many SIMOX samples were fabricated with a wide range of Si and buried SiO2 layer thicknesses with one or two buried oxide layers. The FTIR results are compared to those obtained with the other experimental techniques and with theoretical calculations. We show that, given an "a priori" knowledge of the structure which is used to define the initial structural model, FTIR can be used as a non-destructive, fast, and inexpensive control method for characterising SOI structures. FTIR offers +/-2 nm accuracy in layer thicknesses and +/-5 nm in interfacial region thicknesses, over a wide (0.5 to >10mum) depth range, while for shallower depths an error of 15% on average is likely. FTIR gives Si thickness values which are within 5%, and buried layer or interfacial region thickness values which are within 10% to 20%, from the values obtained by other techniques. The sensitivity to oxygen content variations is down to 5 x 1020 O cm-3 for the top of a Gaussian profile, and 1 X 1022 O cm-3 over a 20 nm thick layer. FTIR gives a value for the retained dose within 5% of the nominal dose for both unannealed and annealed samples. Novel SOI materials, such as deep buried oxide layers and double SIMOX structures were fabricated and characterised, and the processing parameters optimised. We show that, for 2 MeV oxygen implantation into Si at 700°C to a dose of 2 x 1018 O+ cm-2 and after annealing at 1300°C for 6 hours, a buried layer is formed which is continuous but contains Si islands. It is found that by increasing the annealing time to 12 hours, the homogeneity of the buried layer is improved. We propose that an increase of both the oxygen dose and the annealing temperature would result in a higher quality buried oxide layer. The adverse effect of high beam current densities to the sample structure after annealing is demonstrated for the high energy SIMOX samples. We show that double SIMOX structures can be fabricated by a three step process, with one only annealing step at the end. Such structures can be used for Si waveguiding applications and we present preliminary results of waveguiding loss measurements, where a value of 18 dB/cm was obtained.
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The Design of Antimicrobial Detachable Thin Films for the Study of Hepatic Infections

Cassin, Margaret Emily 27 October 2015 (has links)
Microbial infections are a global problem. Due to the over and misuse of antibiotics, drug-resistant pathogens are becoming more common. It is imperative to explore broad spectrum antimicrobial approaches. In this work, we modified collagen/hyaluronic acid polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) with the natural antimicrobial peptide, LL-37 to study hepatic infections. LL-37 was physisorbed and covalently linked to the surface of the PEMs. Escherichia coli DH10B were cultured in the presence of LL-37modified PEMs in bacterial adhesion and contact killing models. Physisorbed LL-37 PEMs prevented bacterial adhesion and could also kill pathogens in the surrounding environment due to the release of LL-37 from the film. Immobilized LL-37 PEMs resulted in less bacterial adhesion on the surface due to the presence of the peptide. Films were then placed in contact with primary rat hepatocytes as well as in hepatocyte/bacteria co-cultures. LL-37 input concentrations up to of 16μM did not exhibit cytotoxic effects on hepatocytes. The LL-37 modified PEMs exhibited a hepatoprotective effect on albumin and urea secretion functions in co-cultures. The hepatoprotective effects were dependent on the ratio of hepatocytes and bacteria as well as the concentration of LL-37. These findings are encouraging and demonstrate that LL-37 modified PEMs can be used to investigate hepatic infections caused by bacteria. / Master of Science
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The Design and Evaluation of Microelectrode Patterns on a Multilayer Biochip Platform for Trapping Single Cells using Dielectrophoresis

Ibrahim, Siti Noorjannah January 2012 (has links)
Trapping ability on a biochip device is useful for systematic cell addressing and real-time observation of single cells analysis, however, precise control over the cell movements remains challenging. This thesis addresses the problem of controlling movement of single cells on a biochip platform by a technique called the Dielectrophoretic (DEP) force. Existing researches showed that the DEP force offers precise control of cell movements through various microelectrode designs which generate strong polarization effects i.e., DEP forces, but with the expense of damaging cell’s structure. The thesis contribute three new microelectrode designs for trapping single cells: the dipole, the quadrupole and the adaptive octupole, structured on a metal-insulator-metal (multilayer) biochip platform called the Sandwiched Insulator with Back Contact (SIBC) biochip. Cores of the study lie on the microelectrode designs that are capable of generating strong DEP holding forces, the back contact to enhance trapping of single cells and the fabrication process of creating a metal-insulator-metal structure. This thesis also presents details on the experimental setups of the trapping experiments and the numerical analysis of the microelectrode designs. The SIBC biochip comprises of the back contact on the first metal layer, the microcavity (cell trap) on the insulator layer and the three microelectrodes on the second metal layer. Together, the three microelectrodes and the back contact generate DEP forces that attract particles/single cells toward microcavities and maintain their positioning in the traps. Prior to the fabrication, profiles of the DEP force generated by the microelectrodes are studied using COMSOL3.5a software. Simulation results suggest that the DEP trapping region can be created surrounding the microcavity if the microelectrode and the back contact are connected with AC signals that have different phases. The strongest DEP force can be obtained by setting the back contact and the microelectrodes with AC signals that have 180 degree phase difference. Evaluations on the trapping functionality for the three microelectrodes were conducted using polystyrene microbeads and Ishikawa cancer cells line suspended in various medium. Trapping capability of the three microelectrodes was demonstrated through experiments with 22 percent of the Ishikawa cancer cells and 17 percent of the polystyrene microbeads were successfully trapped. With these promising results, the new microelectrode designs together with the SIBC biochip structure have huge potentials for biomedical applications particularly in the field of diagnosis and identification of diseases.
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Single-crystal superconducting Pb nanowires and nanostructures

Yi, Ge January 1999 (has links)
No description available.

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