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Epitaxial Growth Of Iii-Nitride Nanostructures And Their Optoelectronic Applications, Moab Rajan Philip
Epitaxial Growth Of Iii-Nitride Nanostructures And Their Optoelectronic Applications, Moab Rajan Philip
Dissertations
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using III-nitride nanowire heterostructures have been intensively studied as promising candidates for future phosphor-free solid-state lighting and full-color displays. Compared to conventional GaN-based planar LEDs, III-nitride nanowire LEDs exhibit numerous advantages including greatly reduced dislocation densities, polarization fields, and quantum-confined Stark effect due to the effective lateral stress relaxation, promising high efficiency full-color LEDs. Beside these advantages, however, several factors have been identified as the limiting factors for further enhancing the nanowire LED quantum efficiency and light output power. Some of the most probable causes have been identified as due to the lack of carrier confinement in …
Polymeric Pvdf Fibers For Piezoelectric Applications In Energy Harvesting, Misael E. Martinez
Polymeric Pvdf Fibers For Piezoelectric Applications In Energy Harvesting, Misael E. Martinez
Theses and Dissertations
This work focuses on developing and characterizing the piezoelectric response of Cerium doped Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) fine fibers and the effects of dopants and alignment on the formation of the β-phase and consequently on the piezoelectric performance. Six sets of fiber mats were prepared varying the concentration (2.5–7.5wt%) of Cerium (III) Nitrate-Hexahydrate and Ammonium-Cerium (IV) Sulfate-Dihydrate. Fiber mats were developed using the Forcespinning® technique and the angular velocity and dopant concentration were adjusted to obtain a synergy between fiber yield and fiber diameter. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy showed a significant enhancement in the PVDF β-phase and inhibition of the non-polar …
Scaleable Nanomanufacturing Of Metasurfaces Using Microsphere Photolithography, Chuang Qu
Scaleable Nanomanufacturing Of Metasurfaces Using Microsphere Photolithography, Chuang Qu
Doctoral Dissertations
“The cost-effective manufacturing of metasurfaces over large areas is a critical issue that limits their implementations. Microsphere photolithography (MPL) uses a scalable self-assembled microsphere array as an optical element to focus collimated light to nanoscale photonic jets in a photoresist layer. This dissertation investigates the fabrication capabilities, process control, and potential applications of MPL. First, the MPL concept is applied to the fabrication of metasurfaces with engineered IR absorption (e.g. perfect absorption with multiband/broadband and wavelength/polarization dependences). Improving the patterning of the photoresist requires a fundamental understanding the photochemical photonic jet interactions. The dissertation presents a model of the MPL …