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The effect of etching time scale of glass surface on its statistical properties has been studied using atomic force microscopy technique. We have characterized the complexity of the height fluctuation of an etched surface by the stochastic parameters such as intermittency exponents, roughness, roughness exponents, drift and diffusion coefficients and found their widths in terms of the etching time. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved  

The impact strength of poly(methyl methacrylate)/caibon (long) fibre composites for denture prosthesis applications was improved by fibre surface treatment. The carbon fibre surfaces were modified by Nd:YAG laser irradiation at 1064 nm wavelength. Laser light intensity was adjusted at 100 mj per pulse that only changed the fibre surface roughness and did not lead to fibre rupture, as verified by scanning electron microscopy. Increased surface roughness of the fibres improved the adhesion of poly(methyl methacrylate) to the fibre surface. Adhesion between the fibres and poly(methyl methacrylate) was evaluated by a tear-off method and by scanning electron microscopy. The results also suggest... 

We study the fractal properties of the two-dimensional (2D) discrete scale-invariant (DSI) rough surfaces. The contour lines of these rough surfaces show clear DSI. In the appropriate limit the DSI surfaces converge to the scale-invariant rough surfaces. The fractal properties of the 2D DSI rough surfaces apart from possessing the discrete scale-invariance property follow the properties of the contour lines of the corresponding scale-invariant rough surfaces. We check this hypothesis by calculating numerous fractal exponents of the contour lines by using numerical calculations. Apart from calculating the known scaling exponents, some other new fractal exponents are also calculated  

SFDTD was first introduced as modified Finite Difference Time Domain method by Aminian et al in [1]. They used this method to calculate the TE reflection coefficient for grounded slab and also for periodic array of metallic patches. Later Aminian et al used SFDTD for bandwidth determination of soft and hard ground planes [2] and for determination of permittivity of metamaterials [3]. Yunfei Mao et al also used SFDTD for Solving Oblique incident wave on other kind of patches array [4]  

In this research, the effect of Fe2O3 content on the electrochromic properties of WO3 in thermally evaporated (WO3)1-x-(Fe2O3)x thin films (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) has been studied. The atomic composition of the deposited metal oxides was determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. The surface morphology of the thin films has been examined by atomic force microscopy. The surface roughness of all the films was measured about 1.3 nm with an average lateral grain size of 30 nm showing a smooth and nanostructured surface. The electrochromic properties of (WO3)1-x-(Fe2O3)x thin films deposited on ITO/glass substrate were studied in a LiClO4 + PC electrolyte by using ultraviolet-visible... 

The factors affecting the quality of material identification by simulating a simple THz spectroscopy system in the frequency range of 0.5–1 THz, have been investigated. Two methods, using the Kramers-Kronig relation and the derivative of the reflection coefficient, are applied to identify the C-4 material. Also, the optimal incident angle to minimize the sensitivity of the reflectance to the incident angle has been obtained theoretically. To improve the THz spectroscopy of rough objects, two methods are proposed including transmitter displacement and rotation. Using the relations between the scattered waves and the spatial frequencies, the proposed methods are theoretically analyzed and... 

An efficient method for scattering analysis from slightly rough surfaces is introduced. This method can be used in ray tracing algorithm where the computational efficiency is important due to the complexity and size of problems. In this method, the Kirchhoff approach is used for a periodic extension of the finite surface, which is approximated by strong harmonics of its Fourier series. Typical asphalt surfaces are analyzed by this method in millimeter-wave band and validated with the method of moments. The dominant scattering angles and ray widths of the scattered field can be easily used in ray tracing algorithm. The computation time and accuracy of results show that this method can be used... 

Eelectromagnetic analysis of periodic structures is important in the electromagnetic theory. Among them, the electromagnetic wave scattering analysis from rough surfaces is of importance due to both theoretical and practical points of view. For slow variation periodic surfaces the solution can be obtained under the Rayleigh hypothesis in terms of Floquet modes [1]. Integral equation approaches in combination with the method of Moments are among the most frequently used in the solution of scattering problems related to periodic surface due to their flexibility in modeling different geometries [2-3]. Due to slowly convergence of infinite series periodic Green's function, these methods need... 

A novel technique based on image processing inspired by the simple assumption for the first time to assess the roughness of nanofibrous mats based on grayscale variations is proposed. The height of a nanofibrous mat in different regions of the surface is simulated by grayscale variations in the image while the relation between grayscale and height is obtained as a linear function. The roughness is obtained by measuring height variations in the surface profile. Statistical roughness parameters of nanofibrous mats are also obtained from direct measurement with roughness profilometry and atomic force microscopy (AFM) for comparison of the roughness of nanofibrous mats between direct measurement... 

A novel technique based on image processing inspired by the simple assumption for the first time to assess the roughness of nanofibrous mats based on grayscale variations is proposed. The height of a nanofibrous mat in different regions of the surface is simulated by grayscale variations in the image while the relation between grayscale and height is obtained as a linear function. The roughness is obtained by measuring height variations in the surface profile. Statistical roughness parameters of nanofibrous mats are also obtained from direct measurement with roughness profilometry and atomic force microscopy (AFM) for comparison of the roughness of nanofibrous mats between direct measurement... 

A novel technique based on image processing inspired by the simple assumption for the first time to assess the roughness of nanofibrous mats based on grayscale variations is proposed. The height of a nanofibrous mat in different regions of the surface is simulated by grayscale variations in the image while the relation between grayscale and height is obtained as a linear function. The roughness is obtained by measuring height variations in the surface profile. Statistical roughness parameters of nanofibrous mats are also obtained from direct measurement with roughness profilometry and atomic force microscopy (AFM) for comparison of the roughness of nanofibrous mats between direct measurement... 

In this paper, an effort has been made to model the 60 GHz wireless channel using a precise yet fast and simple method for short outdoor links that are a possible area for the use of 60 GHz wireless connectivity for high data rate services with dense frequency reuse. Considering the certain properties of this frequency band, it is possible to obtain a simple channel model to replace time consuming ray tracing methods with simpler models by disregarding low power multipath components. The street canyon model has been considered here as a replacement for ray tracing in an urban environment with below rooftop antennas to predict received power along streets and the results have been compared to... 

Channel characterization is an important step in the design of wireless communication systems. While channel sounding procedures are a useful method in determining channel behavior, they also require expensive and time consuming procedures and equipment. Ray tracing has been an important substitute for measurement in deterministic channel modeling and characterization of the wireless channel. Much has been done to improve the precision and efficiency of this method for lower frequency bands (generally below 5 GHz) over the years. Recently, with the worldwide announcement of a broad unlicensed band in the millimeter wave spectrum around 60 GHz, a great amount of attention has been paid to... 

The problem of electromagnetic wave scattering from rough surfaces has been the subject of intensive investigations over the past several decades for its applications in a number of important remote sensing implementations. For slightly rough surfaces that the radius of curvature of surface is bigger than the wavelength, the Kirchhoff method is the most commonly used approach. In this paper a new way for scattering computation from rough surfaces is introduced. Here Kirchhoff approach is applied for considering the electromagnetic wave interaction with slightly rough Gaussian surfaces. Fourier series of rough Gaussian surface is used for extracting the strong harmonics of the surface. Then... 

WO3-TiO2 nano porous layers were synthesized by micro arc oxidation (MAO) process under different applied voltages in electrolytes containing sodium tungstate and phosphate salts with various concentrations. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) techniques were employed to study phase structure and chemical composition of the layers. According to our data analysis, the nano porous layers consisted of anatase, rutile, and tungsten oxide phases with a varying fraction depending on the voltage and electrolyte concentration. Moreover, it was found that WO3 not only dispersed in the TiO2 matrix, but also doped into the TiO2...