Cross Linked Metal Particles for Low Noise Bolometer Materials

Abstract

Thisfinal report summarizes WSU's progress from 4/2/2015 to 09/30/2016 on the project, "Cross-linked Metal Particles (CLMPs) for Low-noise Bolometer Materials" funded by the US Army Research Office under Contract # W911NF-15-1-0117. We have successfully carried out the tasks listed in our proposal and gained significant insight into electrical transport in these CLMPs. We have successfully synthesized Au nanoparticles with different capping agents, grown good nanoparticlefilms, and measured temperature-dependent resistance of the nanoparticle films. In addition, working with Prof. A. J. Syllaios at the University of North Texas, we have started characterizing the noise performance of the nanoparticle films. Our results indicate that the CLMPs can simultaneously have a high temperature coefficient of resistivity and a low noise, and therefore have a great potential in the microbolometer technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 12, 2016
Accession Number
AD1038699

Entities

People

  • Zhi-gang Yu

Organizations

  • Washington State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Spectra
  • Chemistry
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Eigenvalues
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Films
  • Frequency
  • Low Noise
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanotechnology
  • Particle Size
  • Particles

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology