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Metallic nanowires (NW) coated with a high permittivity dielectric are proposed as means to strongly reduce the light scattering of the conducting NW, rendering them transparent at infrared wavelengths of interest in telecommunications.…
As transparent electrodes, patterned silver nanowire (AgNW) networks suffer from noticeable pattern visibility, which is an unsettled issue for practical applications such as display. Here, we introduce a Gibbs-Thomson effect (GTE)-based…
Due to their memristive properties nanowire networks are very promising for neuromorphic computing applications. Indeed, the resistance of such systems can evolve with the input voltage or current as it confers a synaptic behaviour to the…
We present a transparent conducting electrode composed of a periodic two-dimensional network of silver nanowires. Networks of Ag nanowires are made with wire diameters of 45-110 nm and pitch of 500, 700 and 1000 nm. Anomalous optical…
Ternary transition metal nitride coatings are promising for many applications as they can offer improved hardness and oxidation resistance compared to binary counterparts. A common challenge in the deposition of functional nitride thin…
Early results on the plasma deposition of dielectric thin films on acoustic wave (AW) activated substrates revealed a densification pattern arisen from the focusing of plasma ions and their impact on specific areas of the piezoelectric…
Fabrication of silver nanowires (AgNWs) with fine and independent control of both the diameter (from 30 to 120 nm) and length (from 5 to 120 $\mu$m) by concomitant addition of co-nucleants and temperature control is demonstrated, and used…
The objective of this work was to study the RF sputtering process parameters optimisation for deposition of Silicon Nitride thin films. The process parameters chosen to be varied were deposition power, deposition duration, flow rate of…
Random networks offer fertile ground for achieving complexity and criticality, both crucial for an unconventional computing paradigm inspired by biological brains' features. In this work, we focus on characterizing and modeling different…
We present recent achievement on manufacturing optical filter and multilayers done with two complementary RF magnetron sputtering approaches: deposition duration control and in situ optical reflectance monitoring. Those approaches were…
Metal nanoparticles are the most frequently used nanostructures in plasmonics. However, besides nanoparticles, metal nanowires feature several advantages for applications. Their elongation offers a larger interaction volume, their…
Magnetron sputtering is a perfect technique for processing nanomaterials for engineering and medical applications. A material can be processed with specific mechanical properties, microstructure, and surface texture by controlling the…
By using molecular dynamics simulations, the research examine how copper and silver nanowires respond to tensile loading in order to clarify their nanoscale deformation mechanisms. The results demonstrate that these two metal nanowires…
We extend quantum models of nanowire surface scattering to incorporate bulk resistivity and extract an expression for the increased resistivity due to surface roughness. To learn how to improve conductivity, we calculate conductivity…
In this letter, we report a three-dimensional (3D) quantum mechanical simulation to investigate the effects of surface roughness scattering (SRS) on the device characteristics of Si nanowire transistors (SNWTs). We treat the microscopic…
Plasmonic circuitry is considered as a promising solution-effective technology for miniaturizing and integrating the next generation of optical nano-devices. A key element is the shared metal network between electrical and optical…
Spray deposition and inkjet printing of various nanostructures are emerging complementary methods for creating conductive coatings on different substrates. In comparison to established deposition techniques like vacuum metal coating and…
Electronic phase coherence in normal metals is incredibly sensitive to magnetic scattering. As a result, the weak localization magnetoresistance and time-dependent universal conductance fluctuations are powerful probes of magnetic…
The boundaries of waveguides and nanowires have drastic influence on their coherent scattering properties. Designing the boundary profile is thus a promising approach for transmission and band-gap engineering with many applications. By…
Radio-frequency (RF) sputtering is a low-cost technique for the deposition of large-area single-phase AlInN on silicon layers with application in photovoltaic devices. Here, the effect of the Al mole fraction x from 0 to 0.56 on the…