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Author: Shriram Ramanathan Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1441906649 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 344
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Thin Film Metal-Oxides provides a representative account of the fundamental structure-property relations in oxide thin films. Functional properties of thin film oxides are discussed in the context of applications in emerging electronics and renewable energy technologies. Readers will find a detailed description of deposition and characterization of metal oxide thin films, theoretical treatment of select properties and their functional performance in solid state devices, from leading researchers. Scientists and engineers involved with oxide semiconductors, electronic materials and alternative energy will find Thin Film Metal-Oxides a useful reference.
Author: Scott Eric Madaras Publisher: ISBN: Category : Thin films Languages : en Pages : 146
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Vanadium Dioxide (VO2) is a strongly correlated material which has been studied for many decades. VO2 has been proposed for uses in technologies such as optical modulators, IR modulators, optical switches and Mott memory devices. These technologies are taking advantage of VO2’s insulator to metal transition (IMT) and the corresponding changes to the optical and material properties. The insulator to metal transition in VO2 can be accessed by thermal heating, applied electric field, or ultra-fast photo induced processes. Recently, thin films of VO2 grown on Titanium Dioxide doped with Niobium (TiO2:Nb), have shown promise as a possible UV photo detector with high quantum efficiency which utilizes a heterostructure between these two materials. In this work, the dynamics of the IMT on thin films of VO2 is explored. We show that surface plasmons generated in an Au thin film can induce the insulator to metal transition in a thin film of VO2 due to the enhanced electric field as well as help detect the IMT via changes in its resonance condition. Time resolved pump probe studies were also done on thin films of VO2 grown on TiO2 and TiO2:Nb, using UV photon energy of 3.1 eV (400nm wavelength). The fluence threshold of the IMT at 3.1 eV was significantly lower than published values for the 1.55 eV pump fluence. The time response of the IMT shows uncommon reflectivity dynamics in these samples. The response was partially attributed to internal interference of the reflected probe beam from the inhomogeneous layers formed inside the film by different phases of VO2, and can be elucidated by a diffusion model with respect to its optical properties. Finally, the photocurrent generation time constants for the sample with highest quantum efficiency are given and compared to its ultrafast photo induced IMT time constants.
Author: Velaphi Msomi Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN: 9783843377720 Category : Languages : en Pages : 76
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In the last few decades, vanadium dioxide thin films have been synthesized using various methods/equipments. The quality of results coming out from these methods are different. But yet no one has done a comparative study on the quality of the films prepared using at least two or more of these methods/equipments. This book reports about the quality of vanadium dioxide thin films prepared using Inverted cylindrical magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition.
Author: Felipe Rivera Publisher: ISBN: Category : Crystallization Languages : en Pages : 95
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Crystalline films of vanadium dioxide were obtained through thermal annealing of amorphous vanadium dioxide thin films sputtered on silicon dioxide. An annealing process was found that yielded polycrystalline vanadium dioxide thin films, semi-continuous thin films, and films of isolated single-crystal particles. Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM) was used to characterize and study the phase and the orientation of the vanadium dioxide crystals obtained, as well as to differentiate them from other vanadium oxide stoichiometries that may have formed during the annealing process. There was no evidence of any other vanadium oxides present in the prepared samples. Indexing of the crystals for the orientation study was performed with the Kikuchi patterns for the tetragonal phase of vanadium dioxide, since it was observed that the Kikuchi patterns for the monoclinic and tetragonal phases of vanadium dioxide are indistinguishable by OIM. It was found that a particle size of 100 nm was in the lower limit of particles that could be reliably characterized with this technique. It was also found that all VO2 crystals large enough to be indexed by OIM had a preferred orientation with the C axis of the tetragonal phase parallel to the plane of the specimen.
Author: Yi Long Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1000393577 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 416
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The usage of building energy accounts for 30–40% of total energy consumption in developed countries, exceeding the amount for industry or transportation. Around 50% energy for building services is contributed by heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. More importantly, both building and HVAC energy consumptions are predicted to increase in the next two decades. Windows are considered as the least energy-efficient components of buildings. Therefore, smart windows are becoming increasingly important as they are capable of reducing HVAC energy usage by tuning the transmitted sunlight in a smart and favoured way: blocking solar irradiation on hot days, while letting it pass through on cold days. Compared with other type of smart windows, thermochromic windows have the unique advantages of cost-effectiveness, rational stimulus, and passive response. This book covers fabrication of vanadium dioxide–based smart windows, discusses various strategies to enhance their performance, and shares perspectives from the top scientists in this particular field.
Author: Lukas Novotny
Author: Lukas Novotny
Author: Shriram Ramanathan
Author: Kenneth Richard Speck
Author: Joyeeta Nag
Author: Scott H. Beasor
Author: Scott Eric Madaras
Author: Velaphi Msomi
Author: Kaushik Chhotani
Author: Felipe Rivera
Author: Yi Long