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38Granules were produced using common pharmaceutical excipients; lactose monohydrate 39 using poly ethylene glycol (PEG1500) as a meltable binder. Methylene blue was used as a
Germanium is one of the most promising materials for high performance infra-red photovoltaic devices. High quality singlecrystal germanium on insulator structures can be produced by a Rapid Melt Growth process. Experiments show that thin-film germanium deposited by physical vapor deposition provides better quality in comparison with chemical vapor deposition. The longitudinal optical Ge-Ge peak in Raman spectrum is shifted from the expected 300.2 cm -1 position due to tensile stress resulting from the thermal expansion differences of the materials. The importance of silicon in the rapid melt process is confirmed by the fact that germanium films on sapphire substrates yielded polycrystalline structure. Films produced at high temperature (980 o C) show GeGe Raman peak with linewidth of 3.3 cm -1 indicating good crystalline quality, comparable to bulk germanium (3.2 cm -1 ), and thus demonstrating the potential to produce low cost high quality germanium films.
Natural rubber is widely used in daily human life because of its excellent properties. At present, manual tapping is the main method to obtain natural rubber. Since the growth of the industrial sector is in line with the national economy, the demand for rubber resources has also increased. However, natural rubber production countries are now lacking their workforce because tapping rubber trees can be considered a high skill-oriented task. The lack of trained tappers will affect rubber production. Hence, this paper proposes a new mechanism for an automated rubber tapping mechanism. The experimental results showed the effectiveness of the developed device, with accurate 30 degrees diagonal cuts.
This paper presents the electrical characterisation of germanium stripe resistors produced by Physical Vapour Deposition using a Rapid Melt Growth process with either single or multiple micro-crucible materials. Electrical measurement of single germanium stripe resistors were obtained using a Greek cross test structure whereas four-terminal aluminium rail test structures were used for germanium stripe arrays. The electrical characterisation was conducted under dark conditions. Results showed only a slight reduction in germanium sheet resistance compared to that of as-deposited material even after a high temperature (980 o C) crystal growth process. It is believed that the measurements were compromised by contact and leakage current issues. As a result, the electrical characteristics of crystallised germanium could not be investigated properly and the relationship to Raman measurement was not established.
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