Polychloro‐p‐xylylene (Parylene C) and poly‐p‐xylylene (Parylene N) films were synthesized in vacuum with and without the presence of 42 mtorr of argon at various deposition temperatures and three different dimer sublimation rates. Depending on the synthesis conditions, the morphology of the films can vary from a homogeneous (nonporous) structure to a heterogeneous (porous) structure. The transport coefficients of the gases He, O2, N2, and CO2 through these films were measured at 25°C. The transport coefficients for both types of films vary with the deposition temperature and the dimer sublimation rate. The variation, however, cannot be solely explained by the change of crystallinity. Anomalous transport behavior is observed in the homogeneous, as‐synthesized polymers of relatively high crystalline content (above 20–30%). In many cases the permeabilities and diffusivities increase despite an increase in crystallinity. The effects of crystallization induced by isothermal and solvent annealing on the transport coefficients of polymers of Parylene C are different from those of Parylene N synthesized with or without argon. The mean pore size and effective porosity of the porous films were calculated from gas permeation data. For Parylene C and Parylene N porous films synthesized without argon, increasing the dimer sublimation rate or decreasing the deposition temperature increases the mean pore size but decreases the effective porosity. For Parylene N porous films synthesized in the presence of argon, increasing the dimer sublimation rate or decreasing the deposition temperature results in a decrease in the mean pore size but an increase in the effective porosity. Overall, no appreciable change in transport coefficients is observed upon addition of an inert gas.
Uniform
hexagonal single phase Ni1–x
Fe
x
O (x = 0, 0.01,
0.05, and 0.1) nanoparticles synthesized by a standard hydrothermal
method are characterized with an enhanced lattice expansion along
with a decrease in the microstrain, crystal size, and Ni occupancy
as a function of the Fe concentration. The observed anomalous temperature
and field dependent magnetic properties as a function of the Fe content
were explained using a core–shell type structure of Ni1–x
Fe
x
O
nanoparticle such that the effect of Fe-doping has led to a decrease
of disordered surface spins and an increase of uncompensated-core
spins. Perfect incorporation of Fe3+ ions at the octahedral
site of NiO was observed from the low Fe concentration; however, at
a higher Fe content, 4:1 defect clusters (four octahedral Ni2+ vacancies surrounding an Fe3+ tetrahedral interstitial)
are formed in the core of the nanoparticles, resulting in the transition
of spin-glassy to the cluster-glassy system. An enhanced thermal magnetic
memory effect is noted from the cluster-glassy system possibly because
of increased intraparticle interactions. The outcome of this study
is important for the future development of diluted magnetic semiconductor
spintronic devices and the understanding of their fundamental physics.
A series of porous thermoreversible copolymeric hydrogels were prepared from N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) and hydrophobic monomers such as 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoropentyl methacrylate (OFPMA) and n-butyl methacrylate (BMA) and CaCO 3 or poly(ethylene glycol) 8000 (PEG8000) as porosigen by emulsion polymerization. The effect of hydrophobic monomers and porosigens on the fundamental properties, such as equilibrium swelling ratio, swelling kinetics, gel strength, crosslinked densities, etc., and fast swelling-deswelling behavior for the present copolymeric hydrogels were investigated. Results showed that the deswelling rates for the gels porosigened by CaCO 3 were more rapid than those gels foamed by PEG8000. Results also showed that the swelling rates for the gel foamed by CaCO 3 were higher than those for the gel foamed by PEG8000. At the same time, results also showed that the gels with OFPMA foamed by CaCO 3 exhibit a faster swelling-deswelling behavior than those gels with BMA.
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