Abstract: A method for making a dense organosilicon film with improved mechanical properties includes the steps of: providing a substrate within a reaction chamber; introducing into the reaction chamber a gaseous composition comprising alkoxy silane; and applying energy to the gaseous composition comprising alkoxysilane in the reaction chamber to induce reaction of the gaseous composition comprising alkoxysilane to deposit an organosilicon film on the substrate, wherein the organosilicon film has a dielectric constant of from ˜2.40 to ˜3.20, an elastic modulus of from ˜6 to ˜30 GPa, and an at. % carbon of from ˜10 to ˜45 as measured by XPS.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of a thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) process of depositing a ternary gallium oxide thin film, which includes gallium, a metal element other than gallium, and oxygen. The disclosed method starts with providing a reactive surface. Next, one or more ALD growth cycles are conducted. Each ALD growth cycle includes one or more first ALD sub-cycles and one or more second ALD sub-cycles. Herein, conducting each first ALD sub-cycles includes applying a pulse of a first metal precursor and a pulse of water sequentially, where the first metal precursor is a gallium compound. Conducting each second ALD sub-cycles includes applying a pulse of a second metal precursor and a pulse of water sequentially, where the second metal precursor includes the metal element other than gallium.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system for characterizing physiological metrics can include: collecting temperature data from a set of temperature sensors associated with at least one heat flux channel of a temperature monitoring device configured to couple to an exterior region of a user; extracting a perfusion parameter based on the temperature data; determining a core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric) based on the perfusion parameter; and/or characterizing a user condition (e.g., fever) based on the core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric).

Abstract: Embodiments of a system can include a temperature monitoring device including: a heat flux channel, a first temperature sensor thermally coupled to the heat flux channel, a second temperature sensor thermally coupled to the heat flux channel, a thermal cage thermally coupled to and arranged around the heat flux channel along a length of the heat flux channel, and a processing system operable to determine a core body temperature measurement based on temperature data collected at the first and the second temperature sensors.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system for characterizing physiological metrics can include: collecting temperature data from a set of temperature sensors associated with at least one heat flux channel of a temperature monitoring device configured to couple to an exterior region of a user; extracting a perfusion parameter based on the temperature data; determining a core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric) based on the perfusion parameter; and/or characterizing a user condition (e.g., fever) based on the core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric).