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Unique exposure system for the whole body inhalation experiments with small animals
Večeřa, Zbyněk ; Mikuška, Pavel ; Moravec, Pavel ; Smolík, Jiří
The especially inhalation chamber is constructed for chronic exposure studies of small animals to nanoparticles under strictly controlled conditions in frame of project „Study of transport of inhalated nano-sized particles (Pb, Cd) and their allocation in organs“. The inhalation chamber builds from a glass and stainless steel and makes possible long-term inhalation procedures (up to 60 days, 24 hours/day) with up to four discrete groups of mice population (up to 60 individuals each) or of rats population (up to 20 individuals each) under controlled illumination, temperature, relative humidity, doses (0.5 x 106 - 5 x 106 particles/cm3) and size (10-60 nm) of nano-sized particles which are synthesized via aerosol route in a hot wall tube flow reactor using metal organic precursors.
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Preparation of nanoforms of layered piezoelectric of systems BI2O3-TA(2)O(5)-AO (A=CA,SR,BA)
Štarman, S. ; Matz, V. ; Kváča, Z. ; Mohyla, M. ; Olšák, V. ; Plocek, Jiří ; Vaněk, Přemysl ; Tylš, B.
Based on the known Aurivillius phases types ABi2Ta2O9 and A2BiTaO6 ( A=Ca, Sr, Ba) were supplemented with new compositions of layered tantalates, which resulted the possibility of the existence of a new phase Sr2BiTaO6. Ternary compounds with piezoelectric structure were prepared as nanoforms by solgel reactions of homogeneous acetate Bi, Ta, A and subsequent annealing in a controlled atmosphere. Annealing temperature was determined from DSC curves based on the weight loss and phase transitions. Composition and structure of nanocrystals has been analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning nanomorphology (SEM) and acoustic measurements.
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Displacement Interferometry in Passive Fabry-Perot Cavity
Lazar, Josef ; Číp, Ondřej ; Oulehla, Jindřich ; Pokorný, Pavel ; Fejfar, Antonín ; Stuchlík, Jiří
We present techniques oriented to improvement of precision in incremental interferometric measurements of displacements over a limited range where the atmospheric wavelength of the coherent laser source is either directly stabilized to a mechanical reference or is corrected to fit to the reference. This may represent a reduction of uncertainty linking the laser wavelength not to indirectly evaluated refractive index but to the setup mechanics which cannot be completely eliminated. Here we suggest an approach where the traditional interferometers are replaced by a passive Fabry-Perot cavity with position sensing using an intracavity transparent photodetector.
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Scanning Probe Microscopy: Measuring on Hard Surfaces
Matějka, Milan ; Urbánek, Michal ; Kolařík, Vladimír
During a measurement by scanning probe microscopy (SPM) an image artifacts can appear in a measurement data. The source of image artifacts during an SPM measurement could be in parts of the SPM tool: mechanical system, piezoelectric crystal, scanner electronic. However, the main source of image artifact is the probe tip geometry and properties of the sample. For example, probe wearing, which occurs during the contact measurement on a sample with a hard surface, could result in heavy probe shape change, causing probe-related image artifacts. Measurement could appear problematic on a sample with periodical relief structure (e.g. gratings with sub 10 μm periodicity) prepared in hard materials (e.g. silicon), when the structure height is greater than about 500 nm. In this case, probe can easily get struck during the scanning, on the hard surface as well as at the high aspect ratio relief structure, causing image artifact thus reducing measurement quality.
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SPM Nanoscratching in the Sub 100 nm Resolution
Urbánek, Michal ; Kolařík, Vladimír ; Matějka, Milan
Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is tool basically used for surface characterization. Besides that, it offers several lithographic methods (e.g. nanoscratching) to prepare structures in the sub 100 nm resolution. The nanoscratching using SPM offers a method for patterning of surface with a very high resolution based on near field interaction. By this method some tiny marks or taggants could be prepared. Therefore we used the SPM nanoscratching for preparation of nanostructures in thin soft polymer films by various tips. Nanoscratching regime of SPM is possible to operate in contact and close contact modes. In the contact mode we prepared an array of stamps with a variable size, where dimensions and depth dependency on number of pixels were inspected. For writing of these structures we used polymer films with different softness (e.g. PMMA, SU-8) and various values of setpoint, which are responsible for structures deepness.
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Changes of Phase Composition of NaAlH4 Based Complex Hydrides
Roupcová, Pavla ; Schneeweiss, Oldřich
The Mössbauer study is target to valence of Fe-doped phase and its changes during preparation by mixing with NaAlH4 and charging and discharging cycles. The 2 mol % FeCl2·4H2O powder was contained in the asmixing material. The dry milled sample did not transformed during the milling in the protective atmosphere. The significant change was approved in the firstly hydrogenation step only. The analysis shows FeClO which released the most significant component in the dehydrogenation and hydrogenation steps. The amount of FeClO was decreased with the all following step of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation. The fine paramagnetic particles of iron oxides were detected and their amount increased influenced of gas impurities. The longer period of heat treatment shows the agglomeration of iron oxides and their magnetic effect.
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Photothermal and photocurrent spectroscopy of wide band gap nanocrystalline semiconductors
Remeš, Zdeněk ; Babchenko, Oleg ; Neykova, Neda ; Varga, Marián
Optical spectroscopy belongs to the most important methods applied to characterize thin films. Photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS) as well as the dual beam photocurrent (DBP) spectroscopy in near ultraviolet (200-400 nm), visible (400-700 nm) and near infrared regions (700-2000 nm) are particularly useful for study of the wide band gap semiconductors deposited as thin layers on glass substrates. In our laboratory we focus on optically transparent thin films such as nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) or ZnO nanostructures with size too small to be visualized in optical microscope and the optical absorption edge in the ultraviolet region. In this contribution we summarize how to evaluate the optical absorption edge and the defects in the band gap of these wide band gap nanocrystalline semiconductors.
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Pulsed linear antenna microwave plasma – a step ahead in large area material depositions and surface functionalization
Kromka, Alexander ; Babchenko, Oleg ; Ižák, Tibor ; Potocký, Štěpán ; Davydova, Marina ; Neykova, Neda ; Kozak, Halyna ; Remeš, Zdeněk ; Hruška, Karel ; Rezek, Bohuslav
A technological progress in the large area growth of diamond films and carbon nanotubes by the modified linear antenna MW system is presented. We show a correlation between process parameters and nano- or poly-crystalline film character. A challenging part, diamond coated mirrors or ATR prisms, are shown as multifunctional optical elements suitable for detection of absorbed molecules. Additional positive feature of the presented plasma system is low temperature hydrogen functionalization of diamond films. Finally, we present that combination of pulsed MW plasma with radiofrequency substrate biasing results in growth of oriented CNTs over large area.
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