Hexagonal MoTe₂ with Amorphous BN Passivation Layer for Improved Oxidation Resistance and Endurance of 2D Field Effect Transistors (open access)

Hexagonal MoTe₂ with Amorphous BN Passivation Layer for Improved Oxidation Resistance and Endurance of 2D Field Effect Transistors

This article demonstrates the effectiveness of an a-BN capping layer in preserving few-layer MoTe₂ material quality and controlling its conductivity type at elevated temperatures in an atmospheric environment.
Date: June 6, 2018
Creator: Sirota, Benjamin; Glavin, Nicholas; Krylyuk, Sergiy; Davydov, Albert V. & Voevodin, Andrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamics of self-reorganization explains passivation of silicate glasses (open access)

Dynamics of self-reorganization explains passivation of silicate glasses

This article demonstrates that gel reorganization involving high exchange rate of oxygen and low exchange rate of silicon is the key mechanism accounting for extremely low apparent water diffusivity.
Date: June 4, 2018
Creator: Gin, Stéphane; Collin, Marie; Jollivet, Patrick; Fournier, Maxime; Minet, Yves; Dupuy, Laurent et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microstructural Design for Improving Ductility of An Initially Brittle Refractory High Entropy Alloy (open access)

Microstructural Design for Improving Ductility of An Initially Brittle Refractory High Entropy Alloy

This article presents a novel approach to microstructural engineering of refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) to form an "inverted" BCC+B2 microstructure.
Date: June 11, 2018
Creator: Soni, V.; Senkov, O. N.; Gwalani, B.; Miracle, D. B. & Banerjee, Rajarshi
System: The UNT Digital Library