Band Width (band + width)

Distribution by Scientific Domains


Selected Abstracts


Light-Emitting Rubrene Nanowire Arrays: A Comparison with Rubrene Single Crystals

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 5 2009
Jin Woo Lee
Abstract This is a report on a new method of growth of a light-emitting rubrene nanowires array with diameters of 200,±,10,nm by using organic vapor transport through Al2O3 nanoporous templates. Nanometer-scale laser confocal microscope (LCM) photoluminescence (PL) spectra and crystalline structures of the rubrene nanowires are compared with those of rubrene single crystals prepared with the same experimental conditions without the template. In the LCM PL spectra it is observed that the PL spectra and intensity varies with the detecting positions because of the crystal growth characteristics of the rubrene molecules. A single rubrene nanowire has a wider LCM PL band width than that of the rubrene single crystal. This may originate from the light emissions of the mixed polarized bands due to additional new crystallinity in the formation of the nanowires. From the current,voltage characteristic curves, the semiconducting nature of both the rubrene nanowires and single crystals is observed. [source]


The modelling of anchors using the material point method

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 9 2005
C. J. Coetzee
Abstract The ultimate capacity of anchors is determined using the material point method (MPM). MPM is a so-called meshless method capable of modelling large displacements, deformations and contact between different bodies. A short introduction to MPM is given and the derivation of the discrete governing equations. The analysis of a vertically loaded anchor and one loaded at 45° is presented. The load,displacement curves are compared to that obtained from experiments and the effect of soil stiffness and anchor roughness is investigated. The results of the vertically loaded anchor are also compared to an analytical solution. The displacement of the soil surface above the anchor was measured and compared to the numerical predictions. Convergence with mesh refinement is demonstrated and the effect of mesh size and dilatancy angle on the shear band width and orientation is indicated. The results show that MPM can model anchor pull out successfully. No special interface elements are needed to model the anchor,soil interface and the predicted ultimate capacities were within 10% of the measured values. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Comparison of non-local and polar modelling of softening in hypoplasticity

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 3 2004
Th. Maier
Abstract The paper deals with the comparison of a non-local and a polar (Cosserat) hypoplastic model. The hypoplastic constitutive law in the version of von Wolffersdorff is chosen as local reference model. For the comparison the results of biaxial tests on dense Hostun Rf sand are predicted with both enhanced models. The comparison is based on a strict separation of input data from triaxial- and oedometer tests and output data from biaxial tests. The comparison is drawn in terms of the shear band width, the load,displacement curves and the influence of the pressure level. Finally, the non-local and the polar hypoplastic model are applied on the strip foundation problem. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Quantification of Mucosa oxygenation using three discrete spectral bands of visible light

JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS, Issue 12 2009
2Article first published online: 10 AUG 200, Y. Fawzy
Abstract Quantification of the mucosa oxygenation levels during Endoscopic imaging provides useful physiological/diagnostic information. In this work a method for non-contact quantification of the oxygen saturation index during Endoscopic imaging using three discrete spectral-band in the blue, the green, and the red parts of the spectrum (RGB bands) has been investigated. The oxygen saturation index (TOI_rgb) was calculated from the three discrete RGB spectral bands using diffusion approximation modeling and least-square analysis. A parametric study performed to identify the optimum band width for each of the three spectral bands. The quantification algorithm was applied to in vivo images of the endobronchial mucosa to calculate (TOI_rgb) from selected areas within the image view. The results were compared to that obtained from the full visible spectral (470,700 nm, 10 nm) measurements. The analysis showed that a band width of at least 20 nm in the blue and the green is required to obtain best results. The results showed that the method provides accurate estimation of the oxygenation levels with about 90% accuracy compared to that obtained using the full spectra. The results suggest the potential of quantifying the oxygen saturation levels from the three narrow RGB spectral bands/images. (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source]


Lattice-type balun with enhanced phase characteristic based on organic system on a package technology

MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Issue 2 2009
Jong C. Park
Abstract In this article, lattice-type LC balanced-to-unbalanced (balun) embedded into a multilayered organic package substrate have been designed, fabricated, and characterized for low cost and small size WLAN and Bluetooth applications. To minimize the phase error of the embedded baluns, LC resonator was utilized instead of shunt capacitor used at conventional lattice-type balun, furthermore, the quality factors and packaging efficiencies of embedded inductors are maximized by using vertically stacked circular geometry. It has the insertion loss of 0.7 dB, return loss of 21 dB, phase imbalance of 5°, and frequency band width ranged from 2.3 to 2.55 GHz. The fabricated balun was significantly reduced in size and volume by using the vertically stacked spiral inductors and MIM capacitors with BTO high DK film. It has a size of 2.7 ×2.5 ×0.66 mm (height). It is promising for various RF system on a package (SOP) products with multi functionalities, small size, and low cost. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 399,402, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24041 [source]


Raman scattering analysis of GaN with various dislocation densities

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (C) - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Issue 6 2008
T. Kitamura
Abstract We characterized GaN crystals with various dislocation densities by micro-Raman spectroscopy. Defects and Strain for the GaN layer were examined through measurements of the Raman shift and the width of the TO phonon bands. The broadening of Raman bands in GaN crystals occurred as the dislocation density increased. The up-shift of the peak frequencies corresponding to compressive strain was observed for the heteroepitaxial samples grown by MOCVD and MBE. The in-plane distribution of defects and strain in epilayers with various dislocation densities was also examined by Raman mapping. The Raman maps showed that the examined phonon frequency and band width in samples fluctuated spatially. The increase of dislocation density in GaN epilayers induced not only the broadening of Raman bands but also increase of fluctuation. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source]


Band structure of a harmonically confined electron with an impenetrable boundary

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (B) BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Issue 2 2004
W. Hai
Abstract We study finite-size effects of the spatially bounded quantum systems exemplified by a single-electron quantum dot with a harmonic potential and an impenetrable boundary. A general solution of the corresponding Schrödinger equation is obtained and the unique special solution for any energy is derived from the normalization and boundary conditions. The classical-mechanically allowable eigenenergies form the continuous spectrum or piecewise continuous bands with the minimum value being much less than the zero point energy of a free harmonic oscillator. As the increase of the confining size, the band widths reduce and the energies finally close to the discrete level of the free oscillator. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source]