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Here we investigate the interface properties of gold (Au) decorated graphenized surfaces of 4H-SiC intended for electrochemical electrodes. These are fabricated using a two-step process: discontinuous Au layers with a nominal thickness ...

This paper analyzes the effect of annealing on morphological, structural and optical properties of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) thin films and their applications in optical sensing. ZnO thin films were deposited using radio frequency (RF) ...

Maximum likelihood estimation of discrete latent variable (DLV) models is usually performed by the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. A well-known drawback is related to the multimodality of the log-likelihood function so that the estimation ...

Through Glass vias (TGV) metallization can realize the interconnection of components between the circuit boards. Metallic seed layer is required in order to realize copper filling through via. Vias are created by hydrofluoric acid ...

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• The TGV metallization is realized by the Ni activation process and Ni-P electroless plating.

ZnO/Mo/ZnO transparent conductive thin films are deposited on Corning glass substrates using an RF magnetron sputtering system. The optical and electrical properties of the thin films are then examined following annealing for 40 min at ...

Capsule Networks overcome some shortcomings of convolutional neural networks organizing neurons into groups of capsules. Capsule layers are dynamically connected by means of an iterative routing mechanism, which models the connection strengths ...

Minor-embedding heuristics have become an indispensable tool for compiling problems in quadratically unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) into the hardware graphs of quantum and CMOS annealing processors. While recent embedding heuristics have ...

In this study, an oven assembly line that is planning to re-establish manufacturing to increase the efficiency of the assembly process. The importance of the problem emerges from a real-world application consisting of product-oriented restrictions. ...

P- and n-doped bismuth telluride (Bi₂Te₃) polycrystalline nanostructures were prepared on structured PECVD-oxide-layers using magnetron sputtering and a lithography independent deposition and back-etching step. The resulting ...

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• Lithography idependent deposition and back-etching process for Bi2Te3 structures

The emergence of new annealing hardware in the last decade and its potential for efficiently solving NP hard problems in quadratically unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) by emulating the ground state search of an Ising model are likely to ...

A simplified approach to tuning a Quantum Annealing algorithm for vehicle scheduling problems.A systematic approach to tuning a Quantum Annealing algorithm for vehicle scheduling problems.Improvements over best-known results for many very-large scale ...

A high-resolution technique has been developed for the fabrication of photomasks for 10nm logic nodes and beyond. Current mask manufacturing techniques use a chemically amplified resist (CAR) material that has a complex mechanism of acid generation; ...

In this study, the GZO thin film were deposited with different RF powers and plasma gas of pure argon, 5% oxygen to argon ratio, and 10% oxygen argon ratio. After that, post-thermal annealing processes were performed at the temperature of 300 C to 500 C ...

Display Omitted Enhanced thermal stability of the sulphur passivated Al2O3/InGaAs interface.Substantial reduction of the interfacial oxide at high temperature.Preserving InGaAs stoichiometry on sulphur treated surface at high temperature.A 700 C anneal ...

Display Omitted Inversion response observed for n-type &p-type Au/Ni/Al2O3/In0.53Ga0.47As MOS devices.Cox extraction method from relationship between inversion capacitance and conductance.In0.53Ga0.47As minority carrier generation lifetime modified by ...

Display Omitted Photomasks have been fabricated by VSB 50keV EBL.Examine PEB temperature dependence of CD error.Resist sensitivity by changing PEB temperature has been verified.Demonstrate the use of PEB with non-CAR resist helps suppress proximity ...

Particle filter (PF) has been the subject of considerable attention in visual tracking. How to approach the true target state with computation cost as low as possible has always been an important issue. In this paper, a novel iterative PF (IPF) is ...

For more than three decades now simulation of recrystallization and grain growth phenomena in annealed metals have been studied through a variety of computer modeling techniques including that of Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. In this study, we have been ...

Display Omitted Gd2O3-based flash memories have been fabricated.Ti doping and annealing could enhance good memory performance.Multiple material analyses confirm that annealing eliminated defects.Electrical measurements were used to evaluate memory ...

Display Omitted RTA annealing can mitigate bulk defects in Ta2O5 by repairing oxygen vacancies.Multiple electrical and material analyses on two types of substrates.The interface on top of a single crystalline substrate had fewer structural defects.The ...