With a simple chemical treatment we have passivated nonradiative recombination centers at the periphery of a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure bipolar transistor, resulting in a 60-fold increase in the current gain of the device at low collector currents. This large enhancement in gain was achieved by spin coating thin films of Na2S9H2O onto the devices after their fabrication. We briefly discuss the passivation mechanism and the implications for other III-V optoelectronic devices.
We have discovered that a class of inorganic sulfides [Li2S, (NH4)2S, Na2S⋅9H2O, etc.] imparts excellent electronic properties to GaAs surfaces. The surface recombination velocity at the interface between Na2S⋅9H2O and GaAs begins to approach that of the nearly ideal AlGaAs/GaAs interface. We propose the formation of a robust covalently bonded sulfide layer to explain the favorable electronic quality of such interfaces.
2014 Nous considérons l'adsorption de polymères sur des particules colloidales, sphériques et cylindriques, dont les dimensions sont comparables au rayon de gyration des chaînes des polymères. L'adsorption a lieu lorsque « l'énergie d'adhésion» par monomère excède un certain seuil. Pour une particule colloidale ce seuil s'accroît d'un montant inversement proportionnel à son rayon. En outre, les interactions répulsives entre les monomères limitent le nombre des monomères attachés à une particule donnée. Ainsi, il existe un degré de polymérisation caractéristique N * proportionnel à la surface de la particule. Pour N N * une chaîne peut recouvrir complètement une particule donnée ; pour N > N *, une chaîne de polymère est décorée par des particules colloidales comme un collier de perles. Abstract 2014 We consider the adsorption of polymers on colloidal particles 2014 spheres and cylinders 2014 whose dimensions are comparable to solution polymer radii of gyration. Adsorption occurs if the « sticking energy » per monomer exceeds a certain threshold. For a colloidal particle, this threshold increases by an amount inversely proportional to its radius. In addition, the repulsive interactions between monomers limit the number which may be attached to a given particle. Thus, there is a characteristic degree of polymerization, N*, proportional to the surface area of the particle. For N N *, one chain may completely clothe a given particle; for N > N*, a polymer chain is decorated by the colloidal particles like beads on a necklace.
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