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721. A Study of the Changes Produced by Sintering on the Shape and Densification of Green Compacted Samples

Authors: Miclea, C; Tanasoiu, C; Miclea, CF; Amarande, L; Plavitu, C; Cioangher, M; Trupina, L; Miclea, CT; David, C

Published: 2008, ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 11, 107, DOI:

In order to determine the effect of sample shape, compacting pressure and green density gradients on the final shape and density of sintered bodies a study was made on a PZT type powder, pressed within a large range of shapes from long cylinders up to thin discs and at pressures ranging between 40 and 180 MPa. Important shape distorsion were found for both long cylinders and thin discs but surprisingly the final density was not essentially changed even if the green compacted density showed important changes with in the samples. Differences in the shrink age of diameter and thickness brought about by sintering for samples with different shapes were found.

722. A HIGH PERFORMANCE PZT TYPE MATERIAL USED AS SENSOR FOR AN AUDIO HIGH FREQUENCY PIEZOELECTRIC SIREN

Authors: Miclea, C; Tanasoiu, C; Iuga, A; Spanulescu, I; Miclea, CF; Plavitu, C; Amarande, L; Cioangher, M; Trupina, L; Miclea, CT; Tanasoiu, T

Published: 2008, CAS: 2008 INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS, +, DOI: 10.1109/SMICND.2008.4703364

A high quality PZT type material was designed and produced in order to be used as sensor for a high internsity siren. Two disks from this materials were assembled into a parallel bimorph type transducer with an intermediate metallic plate. This assembly behaves like an acoustic resonator in the high frequency audio range. The fundamental of the flexural mode for a free resonator is taken into account Its frequency dependence on the geometry of the system and on its material properties is computed using the results for a circular plate with clamped edges and an observation on the equivalence between the movement of a particular part of a resonator in a stationary state and the movement of that pari separated from the resonator but with the same border conditions. Acoustical and impedance measurements were made in order to appreciate the influence of the metallic plate on the frequency. In order to increase the acoustic emission a frontal cardboard horn was added to the resonator.

723. Ferroelectric/Antiferroelectric Pb(Zr0.8Ti0.2)O3/PbZrO3 Epitaxial Multilayers: Growth and Thickness-Dependent Properties

Authors: Boldyreva, K; Pintilie, L; Lotnyk, A; Misirlioglu, IB; Alexe, M; Hesse, D

Published: 2008, FERROELECTRICS, 370, 146, DOI: 10.1080/00150190802384492

Epitaxial ferroelectric/antiferroelectric PbZr0.8Ti0.2O3/PbZrO3 multilayers were grown on SrTiO3(100) substrates, covered with a SrRuO3 (100) bottom electrode and a thin tetragonal PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 buffer layer, using pulsed laser deposition. Polarization-field, switching current-voltage and capacitance-voltage curves show a mixed antiferroelectric-ferroelectric behavior of the multilayers with an individual layer thickness above 10 nm, but below 10 nm the multilayers show only ferroelectric behavior. Obviously the PbZrO3 layers thinner than 10 nm underwent a transition into the ferroelectric state. An X-ray diffraction -2 scan showed a corresponding orthorhombic-to-rhombohedral transition of the PbZrO3 layers. The observations are discussed in terms of a strain effect.

724. High-Q BZT ceramics for microwave applications

Authors: Ioachim, A; Toacsan, MI; Nedelcu, L; Mihut, L

Published: 2008, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH WSEAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS, WIRELESS AND OPTI, DOI:

Ba(Zn1/3Ta2/3)O-3 (BZT) ceramics were prepared by solid-state reaction and sintered in air at temperatures in the range 1550-1650 degrees C, for 2 hours. In order to improve the microwave and millimeter wave properties, annealing treatment at 1400 degrees C for 10 hours was applied. The long-range order with a 2:1 ratio of Ta and Zn ions on the octahedral positions of the perovskite structure and the vibrational modes were investigated by using XRD and Raman spectroscopy as function of sintering temperature. Presence of small amount of secondary phase, Ba8ZnTa6O24, affects Q factor even in the dense, highly ordered samples. The dielectric parameters were measured in the microwave range by Hakki-Coleman method and were correlated with structural and optical properties. Sintering temperature higher than 1600 degrees C are required for BZT ceramics in order to obtain low microwave loss (Q x f similar to 100 THz).

725. Correlation of Structural and MW-MMW Dielectric Properties with Vibrational Modes in BaX1/3Ta2/3O3 Complex Perovskites

Authors: Toacsan, MI; Ioachim, A; Nedelcu, L; Banciu, MG; Mihut, L; Szilagyi, A

Published: 2008, 2008 33RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFRARED, MILLIMETER AND TERAHERTZ WAVES, VOLS 1 AND 2, +, DOI:

Ceramic based Ba(Zn1/3Ta2/3)O-3 materials were prepared by solid-state reaction. Studies on microwave dielectric parameters in correlation with structural and Raman investigations were performed. Sintering temperatures higher than 1600 degrees C are required in order to obtain dielectric properties suitable for millimeter wave applications.

726. Radiation characteristics of a novel compact microstrip patch resonator

Authors: Militaru, N; Banciu, MG; Nedelcu, L; Lojewski, G

Published: 2008, ECCSC 08: 4TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, +, DOI: 10.1109/ECCSC.2008.4611680

In this paper a new type of dual-mode compact resonator for mobile communication systems, in the 900 MHz frequency band, is investigated. This compact planar resonator, developed on a 0.635 mm substrate with a 10.8 dielectric constant, has a square shape with an edge of 20.5 mm. For this dual resonator, several methods of modes coupling were considered. The radiation characteristics of this new resonator were investigated.

727. DLTS measurements of radiation induced defects in epitaxial and MCz silicon detectors

Authors: Honniger, F; Fretwurst, E; Lindstrom, G; Kramberger, G; Pintilie, I; Roder, R

Published: DEC 11 2007, NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 583, 108, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.202

n-Type epitaxial silicon layers of different thickness and resistivity, grown on highly Sb doped CZ-substrate by ITME (Warsaw), and n-type MCz silicon supplied by Okmetic (Finland) were used for the processing of planar diodes at CiS (Erfurt). For the epi-diodes a standard as well as a diffusion oxygenation process was employed. Irradiations had been performed with 26 MeV protons at the cyclotron of the Karlsruhe University and with neutrons at the TRIGA reactor of the Ljubljana University. Microscopic investigations using the DLTS method were done. The correlation of the IO(2i)-defect and the oxygen concentration was studied by a depth-profile measurement. The annealing behavior of the IO(2i)-defect at different temperatures was investigated and the activation energy extracted. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

728. Radiation damage studies on MCz and standard and oxygen enriched epitaxial silicon devices

Authors: Fretwurst, E; Honniger, F; Kramberger, G; Lindstrom, G; Pintilie, I; Roder, R

Published: DEC 11 2007, NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 583, 63, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.194

N-type epitaxial layers of 72 mu m thickness and a resistivity of 150 Omega cm have been grown on highly Sb-doped Cz-substrates at ITME (Warsaw). The diode processing was performed at CiS-Erfurt. For comparison a batch of 280 mu m thick n-type MCZ wafers with a resistivity of >600 Omega cm from Okmetic (Finland) was added to the process run. Depth profiles of the oxygen and carbon concentration were measured via the SIMS-method on as grown epi-layers and after different device-process steps at CiS including an oxygen enrichment at 1100 degrees C for 24 h. For the MCz material the profiles were measured on untreated samples and after the full device process. Irradiation runs were performed with neutrons at the TRIGA reactor of Ljubljana up to a fluence value of 10(16) cm(-2). The development of the macroscopic device parameters (effective doping concentration and charge collection for a-particles) as function of fluence is presented for the standard and oxygenated epi-devices and compared with the MCz-diodes. The results are discussed in the frame of defect studies resulting from TSC-measurements. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

729. Electrical characteristics of nano-PbS/SiO2/Si heterostructures obtained by chemical bath method

Authors: Goldenblum, A; Stancu, V; Buda, M; Iordache, G; Botila, T; Negrila, C

Published: DEC 2007, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 9, 3802, DOI:

The PbS/SiO2/Si structures show a clockwise hysteresis of capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics. The loop width increases with temperature and sweep time. The conductance-voltage (G-V) characteristics also present a hysteresis effect with two bumps. Both characteristics show a strong shift with frequency. We show that these effects are determined by the positive mobile ions injected in the oxide region during the chemical bath deposition of PbS and by the high concentration Of Si/SiO2 interface states. The corresponding C-V and G-V characteristics are simulated and the main peculiarities of the experimental results are well reproduced by the modeled curves.

730. Synthesis of calcium phosphate thin layers of increased biological activity by chemical growth in simulated body fluids

Authors: Neamtu, J; Stan, GE; Morosanu, C; Ducu, C; Popescu, A; Mihailescu, IN

Published: DEC 2007, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 9, 3826, DOI:

We studied the chemical growth of calcium phosphate nanostructured coatings onto silicon wafers pre-covered with carbonated polycrystalline hydroxyapatite films. Silicon wafers were covered with hydroxyapatite thin layers by radio frequency magnetron sputtering and then immersed in 370 degrees C simulated body fluids for up to 20 days. Immersed structures were extracted every 2 days for studies by Fourier transform IR spectrometry. The chemically grown layers were further analyzed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The growth kinetics of calcium phosphate deposits was monitored by estimating the area of phosphate, carbonate and water stretching bands of the recorded infra-red vibrational spectra. Sequential annealing in vacuum up to 950 degrees C was applied to elucidate the nature of incorporated water. Our studies revealed that the layers growing in simulated body fluid are rougher than initial hydroxyapatite interlayers, contain carbonates, include water in interlayer's voids and have therefore an increased biological activity for promoting faster implants integration with human bone tissues.