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In this work we report the study of spectral response on large area amorphous silicon solar cells (30×40 cm2), deposited through plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition technique (PECVD) at excitation frequencies of 27.12MHz. To perform this work, the solar cells were split in units of area of 0.126 cm2, which allows determining the device homogeneity over all the entire solar cell. Emphasis of this work is put the role of thickness and optical band gap of p-doped layer on the collection efficiency, spectral response, current density-voltage curves under standard condition and spectroscopy impedance. The results show that high transparent p-doped layer can be deposited at 42mW/cm2, which allows increasing the collection efficiency in 45%, at the blue region. The spectroscopy impedance performed showed to be efficient in analyzing the device shunt resistance, interfaces role on the device performances and the behaviour of the device depletion region, for the range of frequencies analysed.

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Silicon nitride films were produced on glass and crystalline silicon substrates using r.f. magnetron sputtering to select the best process conditions (substrate temperature, gas pressure and r.f. power) to grow dielectrics for device applications such as low temperature thin film transistors, where special care has to be taken concerning the film's compactness and bulk defects. The films produced were analysed by different techniques such as ultra violet - visible - near infrared spectroscopy Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy and capacitance measurements, aiming to correlate the films properties with its composition and degree of compactness. The role of the deposition pressure is notorious since films deposited at high pressures are more compact, presenting low oxygen incorporation after deposition. The increase of the substrate temperature up to 373 °K has the same effect, not changing the film's amorphous structure. These data will be discussed aiming to produce films with the required compactness and stoichiometry to grow very thin insulating layers (<10 nm) to be used in MIS structures or devices like thin film transistors.

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Cytochrome c peroxidase (CCP) catalyses the reduction of H2O2 to H2O, an important step in the cellular detoxification process. The crystal structure of the di-heme CCP from Pseudomonas nautica 617 was obtained in two different conformations in a redox state with the electron transfer heme reduced. Form IN, obtained at pH 4.0, does not contain Ca2+ and was refined at 2.2 Angstrom resolution. This inactive form presents a closed conformation where the peroxidatic heme adopts a six-ligand coordination, hindering the peroxidatic reaction from taking place. Form OUT is Ca2+ dependent and was crystallized at pH 5.3 and refined at 2.4 Angstrom resolution. This active form shows an open conformation, with release of the distal histidine (His71) ligand, providing peroxide access to the active site. This is the first time that the active and inactive states are reported for a di-heme peroxidase.

The thermal decomposition of 2-azidoacetamide (N3CH2CONH2) has been studied by matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy and real-time ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. N2, CH2NH, HNCO, CO, NH3, and HCN are observed as high-temperature decomposition products, while at lower temperatures, the novel imine intermediate H2NCOCHNH is observed in the matrix-isolation IR experiments. The identity of this intermediate is confirmed both by ab initio molecular orbital calculations of its IR spectrum and by the temperature dependence and distribution of products in the photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) and IR studies. Mechanisms are proposed for the formation and decomposition of the intermediate consistent both with the observed results and with estimated activation energies based on pathway calculations.

We present a systematic study of atomic binding energies, in the Dirac–Fock approximation, for the Lithium (3 electrons) to the Dubnium (105 electrons) isoelectronic series. In each series we have considered all atomic numbers from the one corresponding to the neutral atom up to Z=118. We have obtained the ground state configurations for several heavy ions with charge larger than one.

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A novel iron(III) porphyrin disulphide derivative have been successfully immobilised on gold surfaces by self-assembly. The redox response of the modified electrodes was compared with the obtained for a similar iron porphyrin in solution, confirming the immobilisation of the metalloporphyrin. The gravimetric data obtained by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) during adsorption allowed an estimation of the electrode coverage, providing further evidence for the formation of the porphyrin SAM. The modified electrodes were also measured by conventional and imaging ellipsometry. The electrocatalytic activity of the two modified electrodes was tested for the reduction of the molecular oxygen. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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{A stochastic variational principle for the classical Burgers equation is established. A solution of this equation can be considered as the velocity field of a stochastic process which is a minimum of an energy functional. A family of stochastic constants of the motion, determined in terms of the probability distribution of that process, yields the complete list of symmetries of the Burgers equation.}

Monitoring systems have traditionally been developed with rigid objectives and functionalities, and tied to specific languages, libraries and run-time environments. There is a need for more flexible monitoring systems which can be easily adapted to distinct requirements. On-line monitoring has been considered as increasingly important for observation and control of a distributed application. In this paper we discuss monitoring interfaces and architectures which support more extensible monitoring and control services. We describe our work on the development of a distributed monitoring infrastructure, and illustrate how it eases the implementation of a complex distributed debugging architecture. We also discuss several issues concerning support for tool interoperability and illustrate how the cooperation among multiple concurrent tools can ease the task of distributed debugging.

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In this work, spectroscopic ellipsometry was used to characterise oxide films produced by anodic oxidation of amorphous silicon using an ethylene glycol (0.04 M KNO3) solution. The data obtained show that the growth of the oxide is not only a function of the voltage applied, but also of the current density and of the time process. An empiric model based on a power law is proposed for the growth of the oxide using, as parameters, the voltages and the time process. The oxide produced shows porosity of approximately 12%, which can be reduced down to 6% under well-controlled growth conditions. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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Monitoring systems have traditionally been developed with rigid objectives and functionalities, and tied to specific languages, libraries and run-time environments. There is a need for more flexible monitoring systems which can be easily adapted to distinct requirements. On-line monitoring has been considered as increasingly important for observation and control of a distributed application. In this paper we discuss monitoring interfaces and architectures which support more extensible monitoring and control services. We describe our work on the development of a distributed monitoring infrastructure, and illustrate how it eases the implementation of a complex distributed debugging architecture. We also discuss several issues concerning support for tool interoperability and illustrate how the cooperation among multiple concurrent tools can ease the task of distributed debugging.

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In this paper, we present the preliminary results concerning the deposition of highly transparent and conductive gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) deposited on transparent flexible substrate based on cellulose derivatives. Prior to the deposition of the GZO film, the surface of the polymer have been coated with a thin silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer deposited by thermal evaporation assisted by an electron gun. By doing this surface treatment, we succeeded in depositing highly conductive and transparent GZO with an electrical resistivity of 2.0 × 10-3 Ω cm and an average optical transmittance in the visible part of the spectrum (400-700 nm) of 70% by r.f. magnetron sputtering at room temperature. Besides the optoelectronic properties, the films are mechanically stable with a polycrystalline structure with a strong preferred (002) orientation, parallel to the substrate. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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