The study of radiation effects in emerging micro and nano electro mechanical systems (M and NEMs)

CN Arutt, ML Alles, W Liao, H Gong… - Semiconductor …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The potential of micro and nano electromechanical systems (M and NEMS) has expanded
due to advances in materials and fabrication processes. A wide variety of materials are now …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible ferroelectric Pb (Zr0. 53Ti0. 47) O3 epitaxial films with large radiation and high-temperature tolerance

Y Liu, S Song, P Gong, L Xu, K Li, D Li, H Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Radiation and temperature hardness are important for electronic devices operating in harsh
environments such as modern medical equipment, outer space, and nuclear energy …

Ferroelectric materials for fusion energy applications

MG Cain, PM Weaver, MJ Reece - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A power generating fusion reactor will operate under extreme conditions of temperature and
high-energy particle fluences. The energy is produced by the nuclear fusion reaction of …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of top electrode material on radiation-induced degradation of ferroelectric thin film structures

SJ Brewer, CZ Deng, CP Callaway, MKK Paul… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The effects of gamma irradiation on the dielectric and piezoelectric responses of Pb [Zr 0.52
Ti 0.48] O 3 (PZT) thin film stacks were investigated for structures with conductive oxide (IrO …

Radiation-hardened triple-modular redundant field programmable gate array with a two-phase clock

M Watanabe - 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radiation-hardened very large scale integrations (VLSIs) have become widely necessary for
use in space systems, radiation medicine, high-energy physics research, nuclear power …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced radiation tolerance in Mn-doped ferroelectric thin films

SJ Brewer, SC Williams, LA Griffin, CD Cress… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This work investigates the role of Mn-doping of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin
films exposed to a range of ionizing radiation doses. PZT thin films were fabricated with both …

Phenomenological model for defect interactions in irradiated functional materials

SJ Brewer, CD Cress, SC Williams, H Zhou, M Rivas… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The ability to tailor the performance of functional materials, such as semiconductors, via
careful manipulation of defects has led to extraordinary advances in microelectronics …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of microstructure on irradiated ferroelectric thin films

SJ Brewer, H Zhou, SC Williams, RQ Rudy… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This work investigates the role of microstructure on radiation-induced changes to the
functional response of ferroelectric thin films. Chemical solution-deposited lead zirconate …

Nano-and micro-electromechanical switch dynamics

JS Pulskamp, RM Proie… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports theoretical analysis and experimental results on the dynamics of
piezoelectric MEMS mechanical logic relays. The multiple degree of freedom analytical …

Effects of gamma irradiation on functional response of relaxor-ferroelectric thin films

ES Chin, CD Cress, RQ Rudy… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work investigates the radiation response of relaxor-ferroelectric, lead magnesium
niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) thin films, as an alternative material for …