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Capacitance-voltage characteristics of organic light-emitting diodes varying the cathode metal: Implications for interfacial states
2007
Capacitance-voltage $(C\text{\ensuremath{-}}V)$ characteristics of organic light-emitting diodes based on a polyphenylenevinylene have been measured by means of impedance spectroscopy. The effect of the metallic cathode (Au, Ag, Al, Mg, and Ba) was analyzed in the low-frequency region $(2\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{Hz})$ of the capacitive response. The $C\text{\ensuremath{-}}V$ curves collapse into a single pattern in the low bias region, and exhibit a dependence on the cathode work function showing a crossover from positive to negative (inductive) values. The voltage corresponding to the onset of the inductive behavior shifts toward higher bias as the cathode work function increases…
<title>Changes in the temperature dependence of the dielectric constant in irradiated antiferroelectric thin films</title>
2003
A model describing the changes of the Curie-Weiss temperature in lead-zirconate thin films under neutron irradiation is proposed. The Curie-Weiss temperature in the irradiated material decreases which is connected to charges caused by neutron irradiation. The charges located near the surfaces due to Schottky effect and in the bulk of the film results in different rates of the Curie-Weiss temperature decreases with neutron fluence. However the influence of the Schottky layers seems to be more pronounced. Satisfactory agreement between the theoretical results and the experimental data is obtained for different neutron fluences.© (2003) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Eng…
Photorefractive detection of antiparallel ferroelectric domains in BaTiO 3 and BaTiO 3 :Co crystals
1998
An all-optical method involving one coherent beam of light and based on photorefractive wave mixing is used to reveal antiparallel ferroelectric domains in one pure, and two cobalt-doped, barium titanate crystals (BaTiO 3 ). Rod-shaped domains with square cross sections are revealed.
Direct observation of polar nanostructures in PLZT ceramics for electrooptic applications
2004
ABSTRACTTransparent Pb1-yLay(Zr1-xTix)1-y/4O3(PLZT, y=0.0975, x=0.35) ceramics prepared via hot pressing techniques were studied via piezoelectric force microscopy (PFM). Clear piezoelectric contrast is observed in a cubic relaxor phase indicating spatial distribution of polarization with an average cluster size of about 50 nm. The irregular polarization pattern is associated with the formation of a glassy state, where random electric and stress fields are responsible for the disruption of the long-range ferroelectric order. Local poling of the ceramics resulted in the formation of a stable micron-size domain that could be continuously switched under varying dc bias (local hysteresis loop).…
Ion-Selective Organic Electrochemical Transistors
2014
Ion-selective organic electrochemical transistors with sensitivity to potassium approaching 50 μA dec(-1) are demonstrated. The remarkable sensitivity arises from the use of high transconductance devices, where the conducting polymer is in direct contact with a reference gel electrolyte and integrated with an ion-selective membrane.
High voltage vacuum-processed perovskite solar cells with organic semiconducting interlayers
2020
In perovskite solar cells, the choice of appropriate transport layers and electrodes is of great importance to guarantee efficient charge transport and collection, minimizing recombination losses. The possibility to sequentially process multiple layers by vacuum methods offers a tool to explore the effects of different materials and their combinations on the performance of optoelectronic devices. In this work, the effect of introducing interlayers and altering the electrode work function has been evaluated in fully vacuum-deposited perovskite solar cells. We compared the performance of solar cells employing common electron buffer layers such as bathocuproine (BCP), with other injection mate…
Plasmonic Waveguides Co-Integrated with Si3N4 Waveguide Platform for Integrated Biosensors
2019
Integration of plasmonic waveguides with low-loss photonic platforms have attracted research efforts as the means to benefit from the extra-ordinary features of plasmonics while enhancing the functional portfolio of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). In this work, we review a technology platform that integrates water cladded plasmonic waveguides integrated in a low-loss Si 3 N 4 photonic platform, targeting biosensing applications. Results obtained experimentally and numerically will be presented with respect to propagation losses, interface coupling loss and accumulated phase change per unit length, showing how Surface Plasmon Polariton (SPP) waveguides can be effectively combined with p…
Direct temporal reconstruction of picosecond pulse by cross-correlation in semiconductor device
2012
Cross-correlation measurements using the two-photon absorption process in a semiconductor is experimentally demonstrated for two pulses of different wavelengths (shifted by ~200 nm) and durations (20 times ratio). These measurements were found to be highly repeatable and fully suitable for the determination of the temporal intensity profile of picosecond (ps) pulses.
MATERIALS AND PROCESSING ISSUES FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF INTEGRATED PASSIVE AND ACTIVE DEVICES ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES
2008
Plast_ICs is a Public/Private Laboratory funded by Italian Government aimed to build a novel technological platform for the development of flexible electronics, mainly, but not solely, based on thin inorganic films. Integration of different functions, on single and/or multiple plastic foils, to generate a smart system is the final goal of the project. The building blocks of the platform will be presented, starting from the different plastic substrates characterization, going through the development of active devices, such as thin-film- transistors, and passive devices, like thin-film- resistors, capacitors, inductors. Fully inorganic elementary devices, based on optical patterning and in va…
Operating Modes of Sandwiched Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells
2011
Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) are promising lighting devices in which the redistribution of ionic charges allows for double electronic carrier injection from air-stable electrodes. Uncertainties about the mode of operation are limiting the progress of these devices. Using fast (with respect to the current growth time) but resolutive electrical measurement techniques, the electronic transport mechanism in state-of-the-art sandwiched devices can be monitored as a function of the operation time. The results indicate the formation of doped transport layers adjacent to the electrodes that reduces the extent of the central neutral light-emitting layer where electronic transport is l…