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EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

Conference

2013

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Full-Text Articles in Materials Science and Engineering

Mehanical Characterization Of Ion-Iradiated Silicon Carbide By Nanoindentation, Alex Hackett, Kurt Johanns, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, Erik Herbert, George Pharr Mar 2013

Mehanical Characterization Of Ion-Iradiated Silicon Carbide By Nanoindentation, Alex Hackett, Kurt Johanns, Haizhou Xue, Yanwen Zhang, Erik Herbert, George Pharr

EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

Tests are done on various types of silicon carbide in order to analyze mechanical properties and radiation resistance.


Oxidation And Plasmonic Behaviro Of Ag-Co Nanoparticle Arrays, Brock Bartley Mar 2013

Oxidation And Plasmonic Behaviro Of Ag-Co Nanoparticle Arrays, Brock Bartley

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Ag is the best plasmonic metal. This makes it valuable for applications ranging from chemical and disease detection to Raman-scattering spectroscopy[1,2]. However, Ag’s applications are limited because of its tendency to tarnish by oxidation and sulfidation[3]. By contacting Ag with Co, much higher stability can be obtained. These Ag-Co nanoparticle arrays show little change in the wavelength location of the localized surface plasmon resonance or sensitivity in changes to refractive index even after being exposed to high temperature and humidity or being aged for significant duration because of the higher stability against oxidation.