Papers by Author: Masayoshi Yamada

Abstract: We report the electrical, structural and mechanical properties of grain boundaries (GBs) in multicrystalline Si (mc-Si) based on electron-beam-induced current (EBIC), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and scanning infrared polariscope (SIRP) characterizations. The recombination activities of GBs are clearly classified with respect to GB character and Fe contamination level. The decoration of Fe impurity at boundary has been approved by annular dark field (ADF) imaging in TEM. Finally, the distribution of residual strain around GBs, and the correlations between strain and electrical properties are discussed.

Abstract: The Born inverse scattering method is applied to the shape reconstruction of flaws in the concrete materials. To accelerate the inversion process, the algorithm of the fast Fourier transform is introduced in the integration process of the scattering amplitude. The concrete specimens with flaw models are prepared and the scattered waveforms from flaws are acquired in the pulse-echo mode. The shape of flaws is reconstructed by using the measured waveforms and the performance of the inversion method is demonstrated experimentally.