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Synthesis and characterization of electrical features of bismuth manganite and bismuth ferrite: effects of doping in cationic and anionic sublattice: Materials for applications 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2018.02.001 2018-03-17 The electrical, magnetic, and structural features of bismuth manganite (BM), e.g., BiMnO3, and bismuth ferrite (BF), e.g., BiFeO3, are reviewed. Induced multiferroicity and enhanced magnetoelectric coupling are required for various modern device applications....
Epitaxial growth of highly mismatched III-V materials on (001) silicon for electronics and optoelectronics 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.10.001 2017-11-14 Monolithic integration of III-V on silicon has been a scientifically appealing concept for decades. Notable progress has recently been made in this research area, fueled by significant interests of the electronics industry in high-mobility channel transistors...
Synthesis of inorganic and organic crystals mediated by proteins in different biological organisms. A mechanism of biomineralization conserved throughout evolution in all living species 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.07.001 2017-07-21 The synthesis of crystals through biomineralization is a process of protection and support preserved in animals, protists, moneras, plants and fungi. The genome of every species has evolved to preserve and/or modify the formation of one or another type of cry...
Lifting the mist of flatland: The recent progress in the characterizations of two-dimensional materials 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.06.001 2017-06-20 In the great adventure of two-dimensional (2D) materials, the characterization techniques are the lighthouse to guide the investigators across heavy mist and submerged reef. In this review, we highlight the recent achievements in the characterization of the 2...
Germanium based photonic components toward a full silicon/germanium photonic platform 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.04.004 2017-05-20 Lately, germanium based materials attract a lot of interest as they can overcome some limits inherent to standard Silicon Photonics devices and can be used notably in Mid-Infra-Red sensing applications. The quality of epitaxially grown intrinsic and doped mat...
Molecular beam epitaxy as a growth technique for achieving free-standing zinc-blende GaN and wurtzite AlxGa1-xN 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.04.001 2017-04-25 Currently there is a high level of interest in the development of ultraviolet (UV) light sources for solid-state lighting, optical sensors, surface decontamination and water purification. III-V semiconductor UV LEDs are now successfully manufactured using the...
High-precision quantitative atomic-site-analysis of functional dopants in crystalline materials by electron-channelling-enhanced microanalysis 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.02.001 2017-03-09 Knowledge of the location and concentration of impurity atoms doped into a synthesized material is of great interest to investigate the effect of doping. This would usually be investigated using X-ray or neutron diffraction methods in combination with Rietvel...
Spray pyrolysis deposition of undoped SnO2 and In2O3 films and their structural properties 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2016.12.001 2017-01-12 In this paper the results of structural analysis of the SnO2 and In2O3 films deposited by spray pyrolysis are presented. The main goals of this analysis are summarizing the results obtained in this field, highlighting a correlation between parameters of film ...
Atomic layer deposition of high-k dielectrics on III–V semiconductor surfaces 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2016.11.001 2016-12-02 The goal of this article is to provide an overview of the state of knowledge regarding the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of metal oxides on III–V semiconductor surfaces. An introduction to ALD, the band structure, various defects present on the III–V surface ...
Spring and parachute: How cocrystals enhance solubility 10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2016.07.001 2016-08-04 This article is intended to combine literature on cocrystallization – a tool for enhancing the solubility and for improving the physicochemical properties of an API (an API is the molecule which is responsible for providing the therapeutic effect) with specia...

Synthesis and characterization of electrical features of bismuth manganite and bismuth ferrite: effects of doping in cationic and anionic sublattice: Materials for applications

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2018.02.001

2018-03-17

The electrical, magnetic, and structural features of bismuth manganite (BM), e.g., BiMnO3, and bismuth ferrite (BF), e.g., BiFeO3, are reviewed. Induced multiferroicity and enhanced magnetoelectric coupling are required for various modern device applications....

Epitaxial growth of highly mismatched III-V materials on (001) silicon for electronics and optoelectronics

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.10.001

2017-11-14

Monolithic integration of III-V on silicon has been a scientifically appealing concept for decades. Notable progress has recently been made in this research area, fueled by significant interests of the electronics industry in high-mobility channel transistors...

Synthesis of inorganic and organic crystals mediated by proteins in different biological organisms. A mechanism of biomineralization conserved throughout evolution in all living species

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.07.001

2017-07-21

The synthesis of crystals through biomineralization is a process of protection and support preserved in animals, protists, moneras, plants and fungi. The genome of every species has evolved to preserve and/or modify the formation of one or another type of cry...

Lifting the mist of flatland: The recent progress in the characterizations of two-dimensional materials

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.06.001

2017-06-20

In the great adventure of two-dimensional (2D) materials, the characterization techniques are the lighthouse to guide the investigators across heavy mist and submerged reef. In this review, we highlight the recent achievements in the characterization of the 2...

Germanium based photonic components toward a full silicon/germanium photonic platform

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.04.004

2017-05-20

Lately, germanium based materials attract a lot of interest as they can overcome some limits inherent to standard Silicon Photonics devices and can be used notably in Mid-Infra-Red sensing applications. The quality of epitaxially grown intrinsic and doped mat...

Molecular beam epitaxy as a growth technique for achieving free-standing zinc-blende GaN and wurtzite AlxGa1-xN

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.04.001

2017-04-25

Currently there is a high level of interest in the development of ultraviolet (UV) light sources for solid-state lighting, optical sensors, surface decontamination and water purification. III-V semiconductor UV LEDs are now successfully manufactured using the...

High-precision quantitative atomic-site-analysis of functional dopants in crystalline materials by electron-channelling-enhanced microanalysis

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.02.001

2017-03-09

Knowledge of the location and concentration of impurity atoms doped into a synthesized material is of great interest to investigate the effect of doping. This would usually be investigated using X-ray or neutron diffraction methods in combination with Rietvel...

Spray pyrolysis deposition of undoped SnO2 and In2O3 films and their structural properties

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2016.12.001

2017-01-12

In this paper the results of structural analysis of the SnO2 and In2O3 films deposited by spray pyrolysis are presented. The main goals of this analysis are summarizing the results obtained in this field, highlighting a correlation between parameters of film ...

Atomic layer deposition of high-k dielectrics on III–V semiconductor surfaces

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2016.11.001

2016-12-02

The goal of this article is to provide an overview of the state of knowledge regarding the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of metal oxides on III–V semiconductor surfaces. An introduction to ALD, the band structure, various defects present on the III–V surface ...

Spring and parachute: How cocrystals enhance solubility

10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2016.07.001

2016-08-04

This article is intended to combine literature on cocrystallization – a tool for enhancing the solubility and for improving the physicochemical properties of an API (an API is the molecule which is responsible for providing the therapeutic effect) with specia...