PVDF/poly(3-methylthiophene)/MWCNT nanocomposites for EMI shielding in the microwave range.

This work presents a new approach to enhance EMI shielding efficiency of nanocomposites of dielectric polymers, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and intrinsically conducting polymers for account of using core-shell morphology for conducting components. To realize this approach new ternary nanocomposites of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), MWCNTs and poly(3-methylthiophene) doped by Cl anions (P3MT) were prepared through synthesis of thermally stable core/shell nanocomposites PVDF/P3MT and MWCNT/P3MT. These binary nanocomposites were mixed with pure MWCNTs or PVDF followed by compression molding to prepare the ternary nanocomposites of different morphology to discriminate their EMI shielding properties in a wide frequency range (1-67 GHz).

Noise spectroscopy of tunable nanoconstrictions: molecule-free and molecule-modified.

Devices with metallic nanoconstrictions functionalized by organic molecules are promising candidates for the role of functional devices in molecular electronics. However, at the moment little is known about transport and noise properties of nanoconstriction devices of this kind. In this paper, transport properties of bare gold and molecule-containing tunable cross-section nanoconstrictions are studied using low-frequency noise spectroscopy.

Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Dynamics of Charge Exchange Processes between Single Trap and Nanowire Channel.

In the present study, transport properties and single trap phenomena in silicon nanowire (NW) field-effect transistors (FETs) are reported. The dynamic behavior of drain current in NW FETs studied before and after gamma radiation treatment deviates from the predictions of the Shockley-Read-Hall model and is explained by the concept taking into account an additional energy barrier in the accumulation regime. It is revealed that dynamics of charge exchange processes between single trap and nanowire channel strongly depend on gamma radiation treatment.