Background: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a potentially life-threatening condition that can occur due to a variety of disorders. Hence, rapid diagnosis and prompt initiation of appropriate treatment are imperative.
Cases: A 55-year-old woman with a deep neck infection underwent emergent tonsillectomy.
A reliable method for preparing a conformal amorphous carbon (a-C) layer with a thickness of 1-nm-level, is tested as a possible Cu diffusion barrier layer for next-generation ultrahigh-density semiconductor device miniaturization. A polystyrene brush of uniform thickness is grafted onto 4-inch SiO /Si wafer substrates with "self-limiting" chemistry favoring such a uniform layer. UV crosslinking and subsequent carbonization transforms this polymer film into an ultrathin a-C layer without pinholes or hillocks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study reports on the effect of a bilayer period on the growth behavior, microstructure evolution, and electrical properties of atomic layer deposition (ALD) deposited In-Zn-O (IZO) films, fixing the ALD cycle ratio of In-O/Zn-O as 9:1. Here, the bilayer period is defined as the total number of ALD cycles in one supercycle of In-O and Zn-O by alternately stacking Zn-O and In-O layers at a temperature of 220 °C. IZO films with a bilayer period from 10 to 40 cycles, namely, IZO[In-O/Zn-O = 9:1] to IZO[36:4], result to form an amorphous phase with a resistivity of 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a fabrication scheme for a solid-state ZnO nanopore membrane directly deposited on top of a quartz substrate by atomic layer deposition (ALD) and investigate the characteristics of DNA translocation through the nanopores. We chose a ZnO membrane owing to its high isoelectric point (∼9.5) as well as its chemical and mechanical stability.
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