The interphase in continuous SiC fiber reinforced SiC ceramic matrix composites (SiC f/SiC)
generally plays a key role for load-transfer, interfacial debonding and fibers protection …

A correlation between bonding changes in silicon-rich silicon nitride films, subjected to high
temperature annealing under N 2 ambient, and the formation of silicon nanocrystals is …

Zein, a prolamin of corn, is a bio-renewable resource that can potentially offer alternatives
for petroleum-based polymers in many applications. Nanocomposite formation with the …

The interest of microelectronics industry in new organic compounds for the manufacture of
luminescent devices has increased substantially in the last decade. In this paper, we carried …

TiO2 thin films in the form of anatase have been prepared by plasma enhanced chemical
vapor deposition (PECVD) at 523 K as the substrate temperature and a low working …

Silicon quantum dots (QDs) embedded in hydrogenated amorphous Si-rich silicon carbide
(α-SiC: H) thin films were realized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition process …

To meet the demand of all-optical data processing applications, the SiNx layer with
enriching Si quantum dots (Si-QDs) for achieving strong optical nonlinearity is demonstrated …

Hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si: H) thin films prepared in a home-built radio-
frequency (rf) plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) system have been …

The room temperature photoluminescence from silicon nitride multilayer structures, grown
by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, is monitored for different annealing …

In the framework of density functional theory we show that a chlorine (Cl) atom prefers
residing at the surface of silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) in single coordination, passivating a …