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Cobblestone-like CoSb3 nanoparticle films have been achieved via a catalyst-free vapor transport growth technique. The thermoelectric properties of the nanoparticle films were measured from room temperature to around 500 oC. The resultant CoSb3 nanoparticle films show high electrical conductivities due to clean particle surfaces. A maximum power factor reaches 1.848×10−4 W/mK2 at 440 oC. The discussed approach is promising for realizing new types of highly efficient thermoelectric semiconductors.

Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals are one kind of important devices. With a He-Ne laser and a photoelectric detector, we measured the driving-voltage dependent and viewing-angle dependent transmission for a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device. Our results showed that the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device worked at the driving voltage of 4 V and the effective viewing angle of about 65 degree.

The concept of vectorial nonparaxial cosh-squared-Gaussian (ChsG) beams is introduced and their free space propagation equations are derived analytically by using the vectorial Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integrals, and far-field expressions as well as paraxial propagation formula are obtained in free space. Numerical calculations and analysis show that, the f-parameter and decentered parameter plays an important role in determining the far-field properties of the vectorial nonparaxial ChsG beams.