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Fabrication and Characterization of Nano-porous GaN Template for Strain Relaxed GaN Growth
(2007-01)A simple and cost-effective Si-doped porous GaN is fabricated by UV-enhanced electrochemical etching. An optimum current density of 20 mA/cm² applied for an hour in dilute NaOH solution produces a high density of uniform ... -
Fabrication and I-V Characterization of ZnO Nanorod Based Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Junction
(2006-01)We report on the characteristics of a ZnO based metal insulator semiconductor (MIS) diode comprised of a heterostructure of n-ZnO nanorods/n-GaN. The MIS structure consisted of unintentional - doped n type ZnO nanorods ... -
Fabrication of Controlled Release Devices Using Supercritical Antisolvent Method
(2005-01)In this study, the supercritical antisolvent with enhanced mass transfer method (SASEM) is used to fabricate micro and nanoparticles of biocompatible and biodegradable polymer PLGA (poly DL lactide co glycolic acid). This ... -
Fabrication of Highly Ordered Nanoparticle Arrays Using Thin Porous Alumina Masks
(2003-01)Highly ordered nanoparticle arrays have been successfully fabricated by our group recently using ultra-thin porous alumina membranes as masks in the evaporation process. The sizes of the nanoparticles can be adjusted from ... -
Fabrication of Micro and Nanoparticles of Paclitaxel-loaded Poly L Lactide for Controlled Release using Supercritical Antisolvent Method: Effects of Thermodynamics and Hydrodynamics
(2006-01)This paper presents the fabrication of controlled release devices for anticancer drug paclitaxel using supercritical antisolvent method. The thermodynamic and hydrodynamic effects during supercritical antisolvent process ... -
Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals in AlGaInP/GaInP Membranes by Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching
(2006-01)The fabrication process of two-dimensional photonic crystals in an AlGaInP/GaInP multi-quantum-well membrane structure is developed. The process includes high resolution electron-beam lithography, pattern transfer into ... -
Facilitating Mechanical Design with Augmented Reality
(2005-01)By enhancing a real scene with computer generated objects, Augmented Reality (AR), has proven itself as a valuable Human-Computer Interface (HCI) in numerous application areas such as medical, military, entertainment and ... -
Factory Models for Manufacturing Systems Engineering
(2003-01)We review MIT research in manufacturing systems engineering, and we describe current and possible future research activities in this area. This includes advances in decomposition techniques, optimization, token-based control ... -
Failure-Oblivious Computing and Boundless Memory Blocks
(2005-01)Memory errors are a common cause of incorrect software execution and security vulnerabilities. We have developed two new techniques that help software continue to execute successfully through memory errors: failure-oblivious ... -
Fast Analysis of Scattering by Arbitrarily Shaped Three-Dimensional Objects Using the Precorrected-FFT Method
(2002-01)This paper presents an accurate and efficient method-of-moments solution of the electrical-field integral equation (EFIE) for large, three-dimensional, arbitrarily shaped objects. In this method, the generalized conjugate ... -
Fast Methods for Bimolecular Charge Optimization
(2003-01)We report a Hessian-implicit optimization method to quickly solve the charge optimization problem over protein molecules: given a ligand and its complex with a receptor, determine the ligand charge distribution that minimizes ... -
Fast Methods for Simulation of Biomolecule of Electrostatics
(2003-01)Biomolecular structure and interactions in aqueous environment are determined by a complicated interplay between physical and chemical forces including solvation, electrostatics, van der Waals forces, the hydrophobic effect ... -
Fast Serial Append File I/O Mode For Cilk
(2004-01)We introduce Serial Append, a new parallel file I/O mode well suited for parallel applications. Serial Append allows parallel applications to efficiently perform file I/O in parallel while maintaining a structure that makes ... -
Fast Sorting on a Distributed-Memory Architecture
(2005-01)We consider the often-studied problem of sorting, for a parallel computer. Given an input array distributed evenly over p processors, the task is to compute the sorted output array, also distributed over the p processors. ... -
FastAero – A Precorrected FFT – Fast Multipole Tree Steady and Unsteady Potential Flow Solver
(2005-01)In this paper a precorrected FFT-Fast Multipole Tree (pFFT-FMT) method for solving the potential flow around arbitrary three dimensional bodies is presented. The method takes advantage of the efficiency of the pFFT and FMT ... -
Fatal Void Size Comparisons in Via-Below and Via-Above Cu Dual-Damascene Interconnects
(2004-01)The median-times-to-failure (t₅₀’s) for straight dual-damascene via-terminated copper interconnect structures, tested under the same conditions, depend on whether the vias connect down to underlaying leads ... -
Femtosecond laser processing of crystalline silicon
(2005-01)This paper reports the surface morphologies and ablation of crystalline silicon wafers irradiated by infra-red 775 nm Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser. The effects of energy fluences (below and above single-pulse modification) ... -
Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Direct Writing System for Photomask Fabrication
(2002-01)Photomasks are the backbone of microfabrication industries. Currently they are fabricated by lithographic process, which is very expensive and time consuming since it is a several step process. These issues can be addressed ... -
Financial Information Integration In the Presence of Equational Ontological Conflicts
(2003-01)While there are efforts to establish a single international accounting standard, there are strong current and future needs to handle heterogeneous accounting methods and systems. We advocate a context-based approach to ... -
Financial Information Mediation: A Case Study of Standards Integration for Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Using the COIN Mediation Technology
(2005-01)Each player in the financial industry, each bank, stock exchange, government agency, or insurance company operates its own financial information system or systems. By its very nature, financial information, like the ...