An areal density of 1.6 Tbits/in. 2 has been achieved by anodically oxidizing titanium with the atomic force microscope ͑AFM͒. This density was made possible by ͑1͒ single-wall carbon nanotubes selectively grown on an AFM cantilever, ͑2͒ atomically flat titanium surfaces on ␣-Al 2 O 3 ͑1012͒, and ͑3͒ atomic scale force and position control with the tapping-mode AFM. By combining these elements, 8 nm bits on 20 nm pitch are written at a rate of 5 kbit/s at room temperature in air.

This paper proposes an obliquely aligned InN nanorod array to maximize nanorod deformation in the application of nanopiezotronics. The surface-dependent piezotronic I-V characteristics of the InN nanorod array with exposed polar (0002) and semipolar ( ̅1102) planes were studied by conductive atomic force microscopy. The effects of the piezopotential, created in the InN under straining, and the surface quantum states on the transport behavior of charge carriers in different crystal planes of the InN nanorod were investigated. The crystal plane-dependent electron density in the electron surface accumulation layer and the strain-dependent piezopotential distribution modulate the interfacial contact of the Schottky characteristics for the (0002) plane and the quasi-ohmic behavior for the ( ̅1102) plane. Regarding the piezotronic properties under applied forces, the Schottky barrier height increases in conjunction with the deflection force with high current density at large biases because of tunneling. The strain-induced piezopotential can thus tune the transport process of the charge carriers inside the InN nanorod over a larger range than in ZnO. The quantized surface electron accumulation layer is demonstrated to modulate the piezopotential-dependent carrier transport at the metal/InN interfaces and become an important factor in the design of InN-based piezotronic devices and nanogenerators.

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Piezoelectric materials such as ZnO and III-nitride are gaining increasing attention for their energy-related applications, including high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs), fullspectrum solar cells, and nanogenerators. Because of the inconvenience of using chemical batteries to power wireless sensors, harvesting energy from ambient mechanical movements in variable and uncontrollable environments is an effective method of powering wireless mobile electronics for a wide range of applications in everyday life. The operating principle of a nanowire-based nanogenerator involves the unique coupling of the piezoelectric and semiconducting properties and the gating effect of the Schottky barrier formed between metal tips and semiconductor nanomaterials. Consequently, nanogenerators convert mechanical energy from ambient movement into electricity that can be used to power nanodevices without batteries. Researchers have made great progress in developing piezoelectric nanogenerators based on II-VI compound semiconductor nanomaterials such as ZnO, [ 1 , 2 ] ZnS, [ 3 ] and CdS, [ 4 ] which have great potential for the integration of piezotronics and nanogenerators. Recent efforts to enhance nanogenerator effi ciency have focused on materials with higher piezoelectric coeffi cients, including poly(vinylidene fl uoride) (PVDF) nanofi bers, [ 5 ] BaTiO 3 thin fi lms, [ 6 ] and lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanofi bers.

The Taiyuan formation limestone water in the Huaibei coalfield is not only the water source for coal mining, but also the water source for industry and agriculture in mining areas. Its hydrogeochemical characteristics and water quality are generally concerning. In this paper, conventional ion tests were carried out on the Taiyuan formation limestone water of 16 coal mines in the Sunan and Linhuan mining areas of the Huaibei coalfield. Piper trigram, Gibbs diagram and an ion scale coefficient map were used to analyze the hydrogeochemical characteristics of the Taiyuan formation limestone water. The water quality was evaluated in a fuzzy comprehensive manner. The results show that the main cation and anion contents in the Taiyuan formation limestone water were Na+ > Mg2+ > Ca2+ > K+, SO42− > HCO3− > Cl−. There were differences in the hydrogeochemical types of the Taiyuan formation limestone water in the two mining areas; HCO3-Na type water was dominant in the Sunan mining area and SO4·Cl-Na type water was dominant in the Linhuan mining area. The chemical composition of the Taiyuan formation limestone water is mainly affected by the weathering of the rock and is related to the dissolution of the evaporated salt and the weathering of the silicate. The fuzzy comprehensive evaluation results show that the V-type water accounts for a large proportion of the Taiyuan formation limestone water in the study area and the water quality is poor. This study provides a basis for the development and utilization of the Taiyuan formation limestone water and water environmental protection in the future.

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Despite widespread use for extending absorption bandwidth, the coexistence and coupling mechanism of multiple resonance is not well understood. We propose two models to describe the multi-resonant behavior of a broadband metamaterial absorber with geometrical-array substrate (GAS). The multi-resonance coupling of GAS is well described by logarithmic law. The interaction between metasurface and GAS can further broaden the absorption bandwidth by generating a new resonance which coexists with original resonances in substrate. The proposed models can thoroughly describe this multiple-resonance behavior, highlighting guidelines for designing broadband absorbers.

To study the disparity of river hydrochemical characteristics and water quality in different regions of the city, this paper took the Tuo River in the center of Suzhou, Northern Anhui, China and the Bian River on the edge of the urban area as the research objects, used Piper trigram, Gibbs diagram, and hydrogen and oxygen isotope content characteristics to analyze the geochemical characteristics of surface water in the study area, and then the improved fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method was used to evaluate the water quality. The results showed that the hydrochemical types of the two rivers were SO4-Cl-Na type, and the contents of Na+, K+, SO42−, Cl−, Ca2+, total phosphorus (TP) in the Bian River at the edge of the city were much higher than those in the Tuo River at the center of the city (ANOVA, p < 0.001). Gibbs diagram showed that the ion composition of the two rivers was mainly affected by rock weathering. The results of correlation analysis and water quality evaluation showed that Bian River was greatly affected by agricultural non-point source pollution, and its water quality was poor, class IV and class V water account for 95%, while, for Tuo River, due to the strong artificial protection, class II and class III accounted for 40.74% and 59.26%, respectively, and the overall water quality was better than that of Bian River. The evaluation results of irrigation water quality showed that the samples from Tuo River were high in salt and low in alkali, which could be used for irrigation when the soil leaching conditions were good, while Bian River water samples were high in salt and medium in alkali, which was suitable for irrigation of plants with strong salt tolerance.