It is well-known that the amphiphilic solutes are surface-active and can accumulate at the oil-water interface. Here, we have investigated the water and a light-oil model interface by using molecular dynamic simulations. It was found that aromatics concentrated in the interfacial region, whereas the other hydrocarbons were uniformly distributed throughout the oil phase. Similar to previous studies, such concentrations were not observed at pure aromatics-water interfaces. We show that the self-accumulation of aromatics at the oil-water interface is driven by differences in the interfacial tension, which is lower for aromatics-water than between the others. The weak hydrogen bonding between the aromatic rings and the water protons provides the mechanism for lowering the interfacial tension.
A deep Ultraviolet (UV) photodiode was fabricated using a heterojunction between β-Ga2O3 with a band gap of 4.9 eV, and 6H-SiC with a band gap of 3.02 eV, and investigated its UV sensitivity. A thin β-Ga2O3 layer (200 nm) was prepared on a p-type 6H-SiC substrate through gallium evaporation in oxygen plasma. The device showed good rectifying properties. Under reverse bias, the current increased linearly with increasing deep-UV light intensity. The responsivity of the photodiode was highest to deep-UV light below a wavelength of 260 nm. The photodiode's response time to deep-UV light was in the order of milliseconds.
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