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• Fever: one symptom for many possible causes requires syndromic diagnostic approach. • Genetic profiling of pathogens allows accurate identification of cause of fever. • A platform approach suggests the interface between assay, cartridge and instrument. • Clinical algorithms are the bridge between diagnostic results and clinical outcome.
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The mechanical stability of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) films spin coated onto a UV treated PET substrate was investigated. It was found that the UV exposure modifies the PET surface and improves the wetting conditions for PEDOT:PSS films deposition. The adhesion strength of PEDOT:PSS to UV treated PET surfac...
Published in Microelectronic Engineering
Published in Microelectronic Engineering
Published in Microelectronic Engineering
The purpose of this paper is to show the possibility for optimizing the post growth annealing process of CeO2 thin films sputtered on (111) Si by using in situ Raman characterization. In fact, the post growth annealing is an important step in the microelectronic process and consequently the studies, which permit to find the good annealing condition...
Published in Microelectronic Engineering
Published in Microelectronic Engineering
Published in Microelectronic Engineering
Solution processed dielectric layer was fabricated with octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (OMTS) by UV/ozone oxidation and thermal annealing. Annealing temperatures of 100°C, 300°C, and 500°C were examined and their dielectric properties were characterized on structures of metal–insulator–silicon (MIS) capacitor and thin film transistor (TFT) with solut...
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Scaling of the copper interconnect structures requires dielectric barrier materials with a gradually lower dielectric constant that still have adequate copper and moisture barrier properties. In this work, we study the PE-CVD deposition of a-SiCO:H films using octamethyl cyclotetrasiloxane (OMCTS) as a precursor, targeting a dielectric constant of ...
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CdO nanorods were grown by sol–gel technique and the structural properties were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and AFM measurements. CdO films were grown onto p-type silicon substrates. Optical band gap was determined by optical absorption. The optical band gap of the CdO film was changed by Al dopant. Heterojunction diodes based on undoped and alum...
