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The invention provides a doped semiconductor powder comprising nanocrystals of a group IV semiconductor and a rare earth element, the rare earth element being dispersed on the surface of the group IV semiconductor nanocrystals. The invention also provides processes for the preparation of the above doped semiconductor powder, and a composite material comprising a matrix in which is dispersed a doped semiconductor powder.
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This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent application Ser. No. 60/441,413, filed Jan. 22, 2003, entitled "PREPARATION OF TYPE IV SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS DOPED WITH RARE-EARTH IONS AND PRODUCT THEREOF", the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a doled group IV semiconductor powder, to the preparation thereof, and to a material incorporating the group IV semiconductor powder.
Silicon has been a dominant semiconductor material in the electronics industry, but it does have a disadvantage in that it has poor optical activity due to an indirect band gap. This poor optical activity has all but excluded silicon from the field of optoelectronics. In the past two decades there have been highly motivated attempts to develop a silicon-based light source that would allow one to combined an integrated digital information processing and an optical communications capability into a single silicon-based integrated structure. For a silicon-based light source (Silicon Light Emitting Diode (LED)) to be of any practical use, it should (1) emit at a technologically important wavelength, (2) achieve its functionality under practical conditions (e.g. temperature and pump power), and (3) offer competitive advantage over existing technologies.
One material that has gathered much international attention is erbium (Er) doped silicon (Si). The light emission from Er-doped Si occurs at the technological important 1.5 micron (μm) wavelength. Trivalent erbium in a proper host can have a fluorescence of 1540 nm due to the 4I13/2→4I15/2 intra-4f transition. This 1540 nm fluorescence occurs at the minimum absorption window of the silica-base telecommunication fibre optics field. There is great interest in Er doping of silicon as it holds the promise of silicon based optoelectronics from the marriage of the vast infrastructure and proven information processing capability of silicon integrated circuits with the optoelectronics industry. Theoretical and experimental results also suggest that Er in Si is Auger-excited via carriers, generated either electrically or optically, that are trapped at the Er-related defect sites and then recombine, and that this process can be very efficient due to strong carrier-Er interactions. However, if this strong carrier-Er interaction is attempted in Er-doped bulk Si, the efficiency of the Er3+ luminescence is reduced at practical temperature and pump powers.
Recently, it has been demonstrated that using silicon-rich silicon oxide (SRSO), which consists of Si nanocrystals embedded in a SiO2 (glass) matrix, reduces many of the problems associated with bulk Si and can have efficient room temperature Er3+ luminescence. The Si nanocrystals act as classical sensitizer atoms that absorb incident photons and then transfer the energy to the Er3+ ion, which then fluoresce at the 1.5 micron wavelength with the following significant differences. First, the absorption cross section of the Si nanocrystals is larger than that of the Er3+ ions by more than 3 orders of magnitude. Second, as excitation occurs via Auger-type interaction between carriers in the Si nanocrystals and Er3+ ions, incident photons need not be in resonance with one of the narrow absorption bands of Er3+. However, existing approaches to developing such Si nanocrystals have only been successful at producing concentrations of up to 0.3 atomic percent of the rare earth element, which is not sufficient for practical applications.
In general, manufacture of type IV semiconductor nanocrystals doped with a rare earth element is done by ion implantation of silicon ions into a silicon oxide layer, followed by high temperature annealing to grow the silicon nanocrystals and to reduce the ion implantation damage. The implantation of Si ions is followed by an ion implantation of the rare earth ions into the annealed silicon nanocrystal oxide layer. The resulting layer is again annealed to reduce the ion implant damage and to optically activate the rare-earth ion.
There are several problems with this method: i) it results in a decreased layer surface uniformity clue to the ion implantation; ii) it requires an expensive ion implantation step; iii) it fails to achieve a uniform distribution of group IV semiconductor nanocrystals and rare-earth ions unless many implantation steps are carried out; and iv) it requires a balance between reducing the ion implant damage by thermal annealing while trying to maximise the optically active rare-earth.
To diminish the above drawbacks, Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) has been utilised to make type IV semiconductor nanocrystal layers. The prepared layers are then subjected to a rare-earth ion implantation step and a subsequent annealing cycle to form the IV semiconductor nanocrystals, and to optically activate the rare-earth ions that are doped in the nanocrystal region. Unfortunately, the layers prepared with this method are still subjected to an implantation step, which results in a decrease in surface uniformity.
Another PECVD method that has been used to obtain a doped type IV semiconductor crystal layer consists of co-sputtering together both the group IV semiconductor and rare-earth metal. In this method, the group IV semiconductor and a rare-earth metal are placed into a vacuum chamber and exposed to an Argon ion beam. The argon ion beam sputters off the group IV semiconductor and the rare-earth metal, both of which are deposited onto a silicon wafer. The film formed on the silicon wafer is then annealed to grow the nanocrystals and to optically activate the rare-earth ions. As the rare earth metal is in solid form, the argon ion beam (plasma) is only able to slowly erode the rare earth, which leads to a low concentration of rare earth metal in the deposited film. While higher plasma intensity could be used to more quickly erode the rare earth metal and increase the rare earth concentration in the film, a higher intensity plasma damages the film or the group IV semiconductor before it is deposited. The plasma intensity is therefore kept low to preserve the integrity of the film, therefore limiting the rare earth concentration in the film. The doped group IV semiconductor nanocrystal layers made through this method have the drawbacks that: i) the layer does not have a very uniform distribution of nanocrystals and rare-earth ions, ii) the layer suffers from upconversion efficiency losses due to rare-earth clustering in the film, and iii) the concentration of rare earth metal in the layer is limited by the plasma intensity, which is kept low to avoid damaging the layer.
The concentration of the rare earth element in semiconductor nanocrystal layers is preferably. As high as possible, as the level of photoelectric qualities of the film, such as photoluminescence, is proportional to tire concentration. One problem encountered when a high concentration of rare earth element is present within the semiconductor layer is that when two rare earth metals come into close proximity with one another, a quenching relaxation interaction occurs that reduces the level of photoelectric dopant response observed. The concentration of rare earth element within a semiconductor film is thus balanced to be as high as possible to offer the most fluorescence, but low enough to limit the quenching interactions.
In one aspect, the present invention provides a doped semiconductor powder comprising nanocrystals of a group IV semiconductor and a rare earth element, the rare earth element being dispersed on the surface of the group IV semiconductor nanocrystals.
In another aspect, the present invention provides a process for preparing a doped semiconductor powder as described above, the process comprising:
In another aspect, the present invention provides process for preparing a doped semiconductor powder as described above, the process comprising:
In another aspect, the present invention provides a composite material comprising a support matrix, in which support matrix is dispersed a doped semiconductor powder as described above.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying figure which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the present invention by way of example.
Embodiments of the invention will be discussed with reference to
The present invention teaches the simple manufacturing of a doped semiconductor powder, which semiconductor powder comprises nanocrystals of a group IV semiconductor and a rare earth element.
The doped semiconductor powder comprises as a major component nanocrystals of a group IV semiconductor. The group IV semiconductor can be selected, e.g., from silicon, germanium, tin or lead, of which silicon and germanium are preferred. Combinations of these semiconductors can also be used, as well as multi-element semiconductors that comprise the above semiconductors. Preferably, the nanocrystals have an average diameter of from 0.5 to 10 nm, for example of about 3 nm.
The rare earth element that is dispersed on the surface of the semiconductor nanocrystals is preferably selected from cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, gadolinium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, samarium, dysprosium, terbium, europium, holmium, lutetium, and thorium, of which erbium, thulium and europium are most preferred. The rare earth element is preferably in the form of a complex comprising a rare earth and one or more ligands. The nature of the one or more ligands is dictated by the process used to prepare the doped semiconductor powder. The doped semiconductor powders of the invention can also comprise more than a single rare earth element.
Since the rare earth element is dispersed on the surface of the group IV semiconductor nanocrystal, reduced photoactivity due to aggregation of the rare earth element is reduced. The concentration of the rare earth element in the doped semiconductor powder is preferably from 0.5 to 10 atomic percent, more preferably from 0.5 to 5 atomic percent, and most preferably from 0.5 to 2 atomic percent. The atomic percent values are calculated on the basis of the number of rare earth atoms relative the total number of atoms in the doped semiconductor powder.
Gas Pyrolysis
A gas pyrolysis process can be utilised to prepare the doped semiconductor powder of the invention. In this process, a group IV semiconductor precursor and a rare cartel element complex are mixed in the gaseous phase, and the mixture is first heated, and then cooled to obtain the desired product. The gas pyrolysis reaction consists of the thermal treatment of a gaseous group IV element, in the presence of a gaseous rare earth element, to such a temperature that the gaseous group IV element forms a nanocrystal. When the formed nanocrystal is cooled down in the presence of a rare earth element, the rare earth element goes form the gaseous state to the solid state and it deposits itself on the surface of the nanocrystal.
Gas pyrolysis can be carried out, for example, in a gas pyrolysis apparatus, a schematic of which is; provided in
As the group IV semiconductor is in the gaseous phase during reaction, a group IV semiconductor precursor is used. The group IV semiconductor precursor is chosen so that the precursor is volatile at room temperature, or so that it can be volatilized at a fairly low temperature, e.g., from 80 to 120° C. Preferably, the group IV semiconductor precursor is selected so that the by-products obtained after nanocrystal formation are themselves volatile compounds that will be removed with the gas flow. The group IV semiconductor is preferably selected from silicon, germanium, tin or lead, of which silicon and germanium are preferred. The precursor is preferably a hydride of the above elements. A particularly preferred group IV semiconductor precursor is silane (SiH4).
Similarly, as the rare earth element as in the gaseous phase during reaction, a rare earth element complex that is volatile or that can be volatilized is used. The rare earth element complex comprises one or more ligands, which ligands can be neutral, monovalent, divalent or trivalent. Preferably, the ligand is selected so that when it is coordinated with the rare earth element, it provides a compound that is volatile, i.e. that enters the gaseous phase at a fairly low temperature, and without changing the chemical nature of the compound. Suitable ligands for the rare earth element complex include acetate functions, for example 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione, acetylacetonate, flurolacetonate, 6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3,5-octanedione, i-propylcyclopentadienyl, cyclopentadienyl, and n-butylcyclopentadienyl. Preferred rare earth element complex include tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato) erbium(III), erbium (III) acetylacetonate hydrate, erbium (III) flurolacetonate, tris(6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3,5-octanedionate)erbium (III), tris(i-propylcyclopentadienyl)erbium (III), Tris(cyclopentadienyl)erbium (III), and tris(n-butylcyclopentadienyl)erbium (III). A particularly preferred rare earth element complex is tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-hepeanedionato) erbium(III), which is also referred to as Er+3 (THMD)3.
When the rare earth element complex or the group IV semiconductor precursor are not volatile at room temperature, use can be made of a temperature-controlled oven 16 to bring the precursor or complex into the gaseous phase, the temperature controlled oven, which can be kept. E.g., between 110° C. and 120° C., controls the concentration of rare earth metal that is present in the gaseous phase. The temperature control oven can be fitted with a carrier gas inlet 26 to transfer the gaseous rare earth element complex to the furnace through the mass-flow controllers 18.
The ratio of the carrier gas, the group IV semiconductor precursor and the rare earth element complex is controlled by mass-flow controllers 18, which control the introduction of each gaseous component in the apparatus. The flow of the combined three mass-flow controllers is controlled to obtain a flow through the furnace that is preferably between 20 and 30 standard cubic centimetres per minute. The flow through the apparatus can be assisted with a mechanical vacuum pump 24 at the end of the gas pyrolysis apparatus.
Once introduced in the apparatus, the gaseous components flow into a short, temperature controlled furnace 20 (also referred to as a flow-through furnace). The flow-through furnace 20 is preferably a small tubular furnace having a length between 3 cm and 9 cm, the furnace being temperature controlled to be at a temperature where the gaseous group IV semiconductor precursor reacts to form nanocrystals. Temperatures of from 600° C. to 1000° C. have been found to be suitable for carrying out this reaction, although specific temperatures, which may be within or outside of this range, can be determined by non-inventive experimentation. Heating of the furnace can be carried out by any suitable method, such as electric heating or microwave heating. The tubular furnace can have an inside diameter that ranges, for example, from 6 to 20 mm, with an inside diameter of 12 mm being preferred. Selection of the length of the furnace, its inside diameter and the furnace temperature can be used to control the size of the nanocrystals obtained, as these parameters control the thermodynamics of the system. The parameters can be monitored so as to permit computer control of the gas pyrolysis process.
As the group IV semiconductor precursor ants the rare earth element complex are heated in the furnace, the group IV semiconductor precursor forms semiconductor nanocrystals, and the rare earth element complex deposits on the surface of the nanocrystals when the gaseous stream is cooled. The deposited rare earth element complex is preferably not part of the of the nanocrystals. The organic components are preferably transformed into gaseous by-products that are removed along with the carrier gas.
The gaseous stream containing the doped semiconductor nanocrystals can be allowed to cool within a cooling zone (not shown). The cooling zone can be from 10 cm to a few meters, and active cooling methods, such as mechanical refrigeration, an acetone/dry ice environment or a liquid nitrogen environment can be utilised.
The prepared doped semiconductor nanocrystals are then recovered from the carrier gas, for example by passing the carrier gas through one or more bubblers 22 that contain a solvent, such as ethylene glycol, in which the doped semiconductor nanocrystals display some solubility. The solvent can then removed from the bubblers and is vacuum dried to recover the doped type IV semiconductor nanocrystals.
Solution Saturation
A second method for preparing the doped semiconductor powder of the invention uses solution oversaturation of the rare earth element to deposit the rare earth element onto the nanocrystal surface. In this method, a solution comprising an undoped group IV semiconductor nanocrystal powder, a rare earth element complex and a solvent which is a good solvent for the rare earth element complex and a poor solvent for the undoped group IV semiconductor nanocrystal powder is heated to dissolve the rare earth element complex. Upon cooling of the solution, the solution becomes oversaturated with the rare earth element complex and the complex precipitates from solution to be deposited on the surface of the group IV semiconductor nanocrystals.
By "good solvent" is meant a solvent in which the rare earth complex is poorly soluble at low temperature, e.g. room temperature, but in which the rare earth complex is well dissolved at higher temperature. By "poor" solvent is meant a solvent in which the undoped group IV semiconductor nanocrystal powder displays little or no solubility, at both low and high temperatures. Examples of suitable solvent include ethanol, ethylene glycol, toluene, and benzene.
The first step of this process requires the preparation of an undoped group IV semiconductor nanocrystal powder, which preparation can be effected, for example, by (A) solution chemistry or (B) gas pyrolysis.
(A) Solution Chemistry
In the solution chemistry process, two complementary semiconductor complexes are combined to form the semiconductor nanocrystal and a salt, which nanocrystal and salt are subsequently separated. The undoped semiconductor nanocrystals are prepared by mixing a group IV semiconductor salt, such as a magnesium, sodium or iodine salt of silicon or germanium, with a halogenated group IV semiconductor compound such as silicon or germanium tetrachloride. The mixture is solubilised in a suitable solvent, for example ethylene glycol or hexane, and the mixture is refluxed. Filtration or centrifugation can be used to remove any insoluble salts formed, and the semiconductor nanocrystals are formed upon cooling of the solution.
The process for preparing the undoped semiconductor nanocrystal is preferably carried out in an inert atmosphere, and the reaction vessel used must be inert to the presence of silicon, such as a Teflon vessel, or a silonated glass vessel.
(B) Gas Pyrolysis
The gas pyrolysis process used to prepare the undoped group IV semiconductor nanocrystal powder is similar to the gas pyrolysis process described above for preparing doped semiconductor powders, but where the gaseous rare earth element complex is omitted.
Preparation of the doped type IV semiconductor nanocrystals is achieved by mixing undoped nanocrystals and a rare earth complex in a solvent which is a good solvent for the rare complex and a poor solvent for the type IV semiconductor nanocrystals, for example ethanol. Suitable rare: earth complexes include, for example, erbium acetate hydrate and erbium (III) acetylacetonate hydrate. The heterogeneous mixture can be refluxed, for example, for about 90 to about 180 minutes, after which time the solution is cooled to obtain the doped nanocrystals. As the solution cools, the rare earth element complex precipitates out of solution and it deposits on the surface of the nanocrystals in the solution. The rare earth element that is deposited on the surface of the nanocrystal is in the form of a rare earth element complex.
Materials Comprising Doped Semiconductor Powders
An important advantage of the doped semiconductor powder over the doped layers traditionally prepared is that the doped semiconductor powder above, can be incorporated into a variety of different hosts, and that these hosts; can represent a liquid or a solid phase. The host or matrix is preferably chosen so that it does not interfere with the photoluminescence of the doped nanocrystals.
Examples of a suitable host or support matrix for the doped semiconductor powders of the invention include, for example, polymers, silica sol-gels, and spin-on-glass (SOG). Spin-on-glass can be comprised, for example, of a mixture of silicates that are dissolved in alcohol. Examples of suitable polymers include, for example, poly(2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene) (PPV), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), and polyphenylene ether (PTE). When the host or support matrix is in a liquid or semi-liquid state, the doped semiconductor powder can be formed into specific shapes or patterns. These specific shapes can include layers that are prepared by spin-coating a liquid solution comprising the doped semiconductor powder. Patterns can also be prepared by combining a liquid polymer comprising the doped semiconductor powder with printing technology such as ink jet technology.
Another advantage of the doped semiconductor powder over the doped layers rests in the fact that they can be used to prepare thicker layers. It also allows the combination of different nanocrystal types to form hybrid systems, such as Sinc+PbS or Sinc+CdS.
The materials comprising doped semiconductor powders of the invention also have the advantage that the components of the materials, such as the host or support matrix, and any additional components such as a base substrate, are not required to be resistant to high temperatures. In traditional doped layer processes, the nanocrystals are formed by the high temperature annealing of amorphous silicon clusters, which requires that the other components present during annealing, such as the substrates, be temperature resistant. Components that are not temperature resistant can be used with the doped semiconductor powders of the invention, as the nanocrystals are formed prior to being incorporated in the materials.
However, when the components used to prepare the materials comprising semiconductor nanocrystal powders are temperature resistant, the materials can be subsequently annealed. This can prove beneficial for the preparation, for example, of semiconductor layers comprising semiconductor nanocrystals and a rare earth element. For example, a doped semiconductor powder of the invention can be incorporated into a silica sol-gel, which silica sol-gel is then formed into a layer. Annealing the sol-gel/nanocrystal powder mixture leads to the removal of the organic components of the mixture, leaving a silicon oxide layer in which the doped semiconductor nanocrystal powder is dispersed. Annealing can be carried out, for example, in a Rapid Thermal Anneal (RTA) furnace at from about 600° C. to about 1000° C. The annealing process; can be carried out under an oxygen atmosphere to insure the removal of the organic components, and to promote the oxidation of the rare earth element. The annealing step can also be carried out under a reduced pressure in order to facilitate the removal of any volatile organic by-products that might be produced.
Examples of devices that can be prepared with the materials comprising doped semiconductor powders include, for example, optical amplifiers, lasers, optical displays, optical planar circuits, and organic light emitting diodes (OLED).
The following examples are offered by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.
A gas pyrolysis apparatus was fitted with a small tubular furnace having a length of 3 cm and an interior diameter of 12 mm. While the furnace temperature was held between 900 and 950° C., an argon carrier gas, silane (SiH4), and Er+3 (THMD)3 were introduced to the furnace by way of precision mass-flow controllers. The Er+3 (THMD)3 was transferred to the gaseous phase through the use of a temperature controlled oven. The flow through the apparatus was assisted by a mechanical vacuum pump at the end of the apparatus. Once through the furnace, the gaseous stream was allowed to pass through a cooling zone and then to pass through a two-stage bubbler of ethylene glycol. The ethylene glycol solution was removed from the bubbler and it was vacuum dried to recover Er doped Si nanocrystals having an average diameter of about 3 nm.
A doped semiconductor powder was prepared through a saturated solution process. The process was carried out in an inert atmosphere glove box, and the glassware used was first silonated by washing for one hour in a 2% toluene solution of (CH3)2SiCl2, followed by repeated washes with hexane and methanol.
400 mg of magnesium silicide (MgSi) was added to 100 ml of dried ethylene glycol, stirred and refluxed for 12 hours in a glove box. 3 ml of SiCl4 was added, and the mixture was again refluxed for another 12 hours. After this time, the mixture was filtered, cooled and dried under vacuum. 100 ml of ethanol was added to the dried Si nanocrystals, and 230 mg of dehydratated erbium acetate was added to the solution while stirring, followed by a 3 hour reflux. Upon cooling, the Er doped Si nanocrystals were obtained.
Numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practised otherwise than as specifically described herein.
All publications, patents and patent applications cited in this specification are herein incorporated by reference as if each individual publication, patent or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. The citation of any publication is for its disclosure prior to the filing date and should not be construed as an admission that the present invention is not entitled to antedate such publication by virtue of prior invention.
Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail by way of illustration and example for purposes of clarity of understanding, it is readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the teachings of this invention that certain changes and modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit or scope of the appended claims.
It must be noted that as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" include plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Unless defined otherwise all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood to one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.
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CARACAS/GENEVA - The government of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is emerging as a rare supplier of diesel to Syria, potentially undermining Western sanctions and helping the Syrian government fuel its military in the middle of a bloody crackdown on civilian protests.A cargo of diesel, which can be used to fuel army tanks or as heating fuel, was expected to arrive at Syria's Mediterranean port of Banias this week, according to two traders and shipping data. The cargo could be worth up to $50 million.Chavez is a vociferous advocate of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who face pressure from Western sanctions. Few leaders on the world stage have polarized opinion as sharply as the Venezuelan president.Chavez, who still defends the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has repeatedly backed Arab leaders who have faced a year-long wave of popular protests, which have already toppled four governments.Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA shipped the cargo aboard the Negra Hipolita vessel, according to AIS tracking data on the Reuters Freight Fundamentals Database and to trade sources. The same tanker carried the first such shipment in November, the sources said.PDVSA could not immediately be reached for comment."The aggressions against Syria are continuing," Chavez said in an address last month. "It's the same formula they (the West) used against Libya - inject violence, inject terrorism from abroad and later invoke the United Nations to intervene."The South American OPEC member nation has also tried to aid Iran with fuel supplies amid sanctions over its nuclear program.Rights groups say close to 6,000 people have been killed in attacks by Syrian security forces against civilian demonstrators and an increasingly powerful rebel insurgency.The United States and Europe are pressuring Assad to leave power. Russia and China this month vetoed a United Nations resolution calling on Assad to step aside.Ship turns off satellite trackingThe Venezuelan tanker was last seen off the coast of Cyprus with a destination of Banias and the estimated arrival date of Wednesday, AIS ship tracking on Reuters showed. The satellite tracking has been switched off since Wednesday.The shipment comes at a critical time for Syria, which has faced worsening energy shortages this winter after Western sanctions all but halted imports, which are needed to meet half the country's diesel demand.Diplomats blame the power and fuel shortages on increased demand from the military, while the government says that attacks on power stations and refinery pipelines are reducing supply.The PDVSA shipments appeared to be carried out under a 2010 agreement between the governments of the two nations in which Venezuela provides diesel in exchange for food and commodities such as olive oil.Syria's oil minister spoke about a possibility of Venezuelan imports in January, and traders said the Negra Hipolita diesel shipment to Syria was the second delivery in the past three months.The vessel can carry 47,000 tonnes, which if fully loaded would be worth around $50 million. It was not clear how much diesel the ship was carrying.While there is no blanket embargo on supplying fuel to Syria, its state-owned oil firm Sytrol, responsible for organizing fuel imports and exports, was placed on a US blacklist last summer, and the EU followed suit in December.It was not clear whether the recent reported fuel transactions were done via Sytrol.The European Union has stopped short of banning product deliveries for humanitarian reasons, but oil traders said most deliveries have stopped anyway as traditional suppliers are increasingly reluctant to do business with Syria.Normally an exporter of crude oil even in peacetime, Syria has relied on imports for more than half of its annual consumption of 5 million tonnes diesel because of a shortage of domestic refining capacity. International sanctions have stopped Syrian oil exports since September last year, drastically stretching government budget revenues.A growing number of military attacks involving armored vehicles and tanks may be spurring diesel consumption, while a severe winter is driving up heating demand."Given the risk that (refining) capacity could be cut due to sabotage, fuel shortages are likely to force the government to rely on costly imports supplied by a shrinking pool of political allies," risk group Business Monitor International wrote in a recent report.Due to the sanctions, the Negra Hipolita will not be able to dock at ports in the United States nor in Europe, one of the sources said. In the past the vessel has been primarily used to transport crude between production facilities and refineries within Venezuela.The United States previously imposed sanctions on PDVSA over sales of gasoline blending components to Iran in violation of a US ban.
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|Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour in June 2014
|Background information
|Birth name
|Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian
| 22 May 1924
Paris, France
|Pop, chanson, jazz
|Singer-songwriter, actor, public activist, diplomat
|Years active
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|Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour in June 2014
|Background information
|Birth name
|Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian
| 22 May 1924
Paris, France
|Pop, chanson, jazz
|Singer-songwriter, actor, public activist, diplomat
|Years active
|EMI, Barclay, Mercury, Monument, MGM, Polydor, Reprise, MusArm Records
Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian[1][A] better known by his stage name Charles Aznavour (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl aznavuʁ]; born 22 May 1924), is a French and Armenian[4] singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Aznavour is known for his unique tenor[5] voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. He has appeared in more than sixty movies, composed about a thousand songs (including at least 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German),[6] and sold well over 100 million records (as of 2001).[7]
He is one of France's most popular and enduring singers.[8][9] He has been dubbed France's Frank Sinatra,[10][11] while music critic Stephen Holden has described Aznavour as "French pop deity."[12] He is also arguably the most famous Armenian of his time.[8][13] In 1998, Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century's outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan.[14]
He has sung for presidents, popes and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events. In response to the 1988 Armenian earthquake, he founded the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend impresario Levon Sayan. In 2009, he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva.[15] He started his most recent tour in 2014.
Aznavour was born with the name Shahnour (or Chahnour)[2] Varinag (Varenagh)[3] Aznavourian[1] (Armenian: Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան) in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, to Armenian immigrants Michael Aznavourian (from Akhaltsikhe)[1][16] and Knar Baghdasarian, an Armenian Genocide survivor from Izmir.[17][18] His father spent his youth in Tbilisi where his family had moved for work (Charles's grandfather was a personal chef to the Governor General of Tbilisi).[19] Later, after moving to France, Michael Aznavourian sang in restaurants before establishing his own Caucasian restaurant called Le Caucase. Missak Manouchian, a leader of French Resistance who was executed by the Nazis in 1944, had been a frequent guest at the Aznavourians' home, and the Aznavourians had supported Missak and his wife Méliné when they were in hiding. Together with his wife, who was an actress, Michael introduced Charles to the world of theatre at an early age. Charles dropped out of school at the age of nine, already aspiring to the life of an artist. He began to perform at this time, and soon took the stage name "Aznavour". His big break came in 1946 when the singer Édith Piaf heard him sing and arranged to take him with her on tour in France and to the United States.[20]
Charles Aznavour was already familiar with performing on stage by the time he began his career as a musician. At the age of nine, he had roles in a play called Un Petit Diable a Paris and a film entitled La Guerre de Gosses.[21] Aznavour then turned to professional dancing and performed in several nightclubs. In 1944, he and actor Pierre Roche began a partnership and in collaborative efforts performed in numerous nightclubs.[21] It was through this partnership that Aznavour began to write songs and sing.[21] The partnership's first successes were in Canada in 1948-1950. Meanwhile, Aznavour wrote his first song entitled J'ai Bu in 1950.[21]
During the early stages of his career, Aznavour opened for Edith Piaf at the Moulin Rouge. Piaf then advised Aznavour to pursue a career in singing.[21] Piaf helped Aznavour develop a distinctive voice that stimulated the best of his abilities.[21]
Sometimes described as "France's Frank Sinatra",[10] Aznavour sings frequently about love. He has written musicals and about a thousand songs, and made more than one hundred records. Aznavour's voice is shaded towards the tenor range, but possesses the low range and coloration more typical of a baritone, contributing to his unique sound. Aznavour speaks and sings in many languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Armenian, Portuguese, Neapolitan), which has helped him perform at Carnegie Hall, in the USA, and other major venues around the world. He also recorded at least one song from the 18th century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, and a popular song, Im Yare[22] in Armenian. Que C'est Triste Venise, sung in French, Italian (Com'è Triste Venezia), Spanish (Venecia Sin Ti), English (How Sad Venice Can Be), and German (Venedig in Grau), is one of Aznavour's most famous multilingual songs.
In 1974, Aznavour became a major success in the United Kingdom where his song "She" went to Number One in the charts. His other well-known song in the UK was "Dance in the Old Fashioned Way".
Artists who have recorded his songs and collaborated with Aznavour include Édith Piaf, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra (Aznavour was one of the rare European singers invited to duet with him[23]), Andrea Bocelli, Bing Crosby, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan (he named Aznavour among the greatest live performers he's ever seen),[24][25] Liza Minnelli, Elton John, Dalida, Serge Gainsbourg, Josh Groban, Petula Clark, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, José Carreras, Laura Pausini, Nana Mouskouri and Julio Iglesias. Fellow French pop legend Mireille Mathieu has sung and recorded with Aznavour on numerous occasions. In 1974, Jack Jones recorded an entire album of Aznavour compositions entitled "Write Me A Love Song, Charlie", re-released on CD in 2006.[26] Aznavour and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sang Gounod's aria Ave Maria together. He performed with famed Russian cellist and friend Mstislav Rostropovich to inaugurate the French presidency of the European Union in 1995. Elvis Costello recorded "She" for the film Notting Hill. One of Aznavour's greatest friends and collaborators from the music industry is legendary Spanish operatic tenor Plácido Domingo, who often performs his hits, most notably a solo studio recording of "Les bateaux sont partis" in 1985 and duet versions of the song in French and Spanish in 2008, as well as multiple live renditions Aznavour's "Ave Maria". In 1994, Aznavour performed with Domingo and Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø at Domingo's third annual Christmas in Vienna concert. The three singers performed a variety of carols, medleys, and duets, and the concert was televised throughout the world, as well as released on a CD internationally.[27]
At the start of autumn 2006, Aznavour initiated his farewell tour, performing in the US and Canada, and earning very positive reviews. Aznavour started 2007 with concerts all over Japan and Asia. The second half of 2007 saw Aznavour return to Paris for over 20 shows at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, followed by more touring in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the rest of France. Aznavour had repeatedly stated that this farewell tour, health permitting, would likely last beyond 2010; since then, however, Charles Aznavour has continued performing worldwide throughout the year. At 90, Aznavour is in excellent health, although admittedly 60 years on stage have made him "a little hard of hearing".[28] He still sings in multiple languages and without persistent use of teleprompters, but typically sticks to just two or three (French and English being the primary two, with Spanish or Italian being the third) during most concerts.[29] On 30 September 2006, Aznavour performed a major concert in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia to start off the cultural season "Arménie mon amie" in France. Armenian president Robert Kocharyan and French president Jacques Chirac, at the time on an official visit to Armenia, were in front-row attendance.[30]
In 2006, 82-year-old Aznavour traveled to Cuba, where he, together with Chucho Valdés, recorded his new album Colore Ma Vie, presented at Aznavour's Moscow concert in April 2007. Later, in July 2007, Aznavour was invited to perform at the Vieilles Charrues Festival.
"Forever Cool" (2007), an album from Capitol/EMI, features Aznavour singing a new duet of "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" with the voice of the late Dean Martin.
On 18 January 2008, he participated as guest vocalist with the contestants of the French reality show Star Academy and sang his famous Emmenez-Moi with contestant Jérémy Chapron. Aznavour finished a tour of Portugal in February 2008. Throughout the spring of 2008, Aznavour toured South America, holding a multitude of concerts in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Summer saw him in Quebec, and a return to Latin America followed in autumn.
An admirer of Quebec, where he played in Montreal cabarets before becoming famous, he has helped the career of Québécoise singer-songwriter Lynda Lemay in France, and has a house in Montreal. On 5 July 2008, he was invested as an honorary officer of the Order of Canada. He performed the following day on the Plains of Abraham as a feature of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City.[31]
In 2008, an album of duets, Duos, was released. It is a collaborative effort featuring Aznavour and his greatest friends and partners from his long career in the music industry, including Céline Dion, Sting, Laura Pausini, Josh Groban, Paul Anka, Plácido Domingo, and many others.[32] It was released on various dates in December 2008 across the world.[33] His next album, Charles Aznavour and The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (previously known as Jazznavour 2), is a continuation in the same vein as his hit album Jazznavour released in 1998, involving new arrangements on his classic songs with a jazz orchestra and other guest jazz artists. It was released on 27 November 2009.[34]
Aznavour and famed Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour, with the collaboration of over 40 of France's most celebrated singers and musicians, recorded a music video with the music group Band Aid in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, titled "1 geste pour Haïti chérie".[35]
In 2009, Aznavour also toured across America. The tour, named Aznavour en liberté,[36] started in late April 2009 with a wave of concerts across the United States and Canada, took him across Latin America in the autumn, as well as the USA once again. In August 2011 Aznavour released a new album, Aznavour Toujours, featuring 11 new songs, and Elle, a French re-working of his greatest international hit, She. Following the release of Aznavour Toujours, 87-years old Aznavour began a tour across France and Europe, named Charles Aznavour en Toute Intimité, which started with 21 concerts in the "Olympia" theatre in Paris.[37] On 12 December 2011 he gave a concert in Moscow State Kremlin Palace that attracted a capacity crowd.[38] The concert was followed by a standing ovation which continued for about fifteen minutes.[39]
In 2012, Aznavour embarked on a new North American leg of his "En toute intimité" tour, visiting Québec and the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, the third-largest such venue in California, for multiple shows. The shows in New York were cancelled following a contract dispute.[40] On 16 August 2012 Aznavour performed in his father's birthplace Akhaltsikhe in Georgia. Part of the concert was broadcast on Georgian television.
On 25 October 2013 Aznavour performed in London for the first time in 25 years at the Royal Albert Hall; demand was so high that a second concert at the Royal Albert Hall has been scheduled for June 2014.[41] In November 2013, Aznavour appeared with Achinoam Nini (Noa) in a concert, dedicated to peace, at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.[42] The audience, including Israeli president Shimon Peres (Peres and Aznavour had a meeting prior to the performance), sang along.[43] In December 2013 Aznavour gave two concerts in the Netherlands at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.
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Aznavour has had a long and varied parallel career as an actor, appearing in over 60 films. In 1960 Aznavour starred in François Truffaut's Tirez sur le pianiste, playing a character called Édouard Saroyan. He also put in a critically acclaimed performance in the 1974 movie And Then There Were None. Aznavour had an important supporting role in 1979's The Tin Drum, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980. Aznavour starred in the 2002 movie Ararat playing Edward Saroyan, a movie director.
Since the 1988 Armenian earthquake, Aznavour has been helping the country through his charity, Aznavour for Armenia. Together with his brother in-law and co-author Georges Garvarentz he wrote the song "Pour toi Arménie", which was performed by a group of famous French artists and topped the charts for eighteen weeks. There is a square named after him in central Yerevan on Abovian Street, and a statue erected in Gyumri, which saw the most lives lost in the earthquake. In 1995 Aznavour was appointed an Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Armenia to UNESCO. Aznavour is a member of the Armenia Fund International Board of Trustees. The organization has rendered more than $150 million in humanitarian aid and infrastructure development assistance to Armenia since 1992. He was appointed as "Officier" (Officer) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997.
In the 1984 version of Die Fliedermaus, he appears and performs as one of Prince Orlovsky's guests. This version stars Kiri Te Kanawa and was directed by Plácido Domingo in the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.[44]
In 2004 Aznavour received the title of National Hero of Armenia, Armenia's highest award. On 26 December 2008, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a presidential decree for granting citizenship for the Republic of Armenia to Aznavour whom he called a "prominent singer and public figure" and "a hero of the Armenian people".[4][45]
Aznavour has been married three times, to Micheline Rugel (1946),[46] Evelyn Plessis (1956) and Ulla Thorsell (1968). Six children were produced by these marriages: Séda, Charles, Patrick, Katia, Mischa and Nicholas.[47] In 1990, he offered insights into his life to writer-director Michael Feeney Callan in the TV series My Riviera[48] which was filmed at and around Aznavour's home in Port Grimaud, in the South of France. He currently resides in St-Sulpice, Vaud, Switzerland.[49]
His musicality and fame abroad is present in many other areas of pop culture. Aznavour's name was used as the basis for the name of the character Char Aznable by Yoshiyuki Tomino in his 1979 mecha anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam. His song "Parce que tu crois" was sampled by Hip Hop producer Dr. Dre for the song "What's the Difference" (feat. Eminem & Xzibit), from his album 2001.[50] He is mentioned in The Psychedelic Furs song "Sister Europe" ("The radio upon the floor/ is stupid, it plays Aznavour").
He has often joked about his physicality, the most infamous feature of which is his limited height; he stands only 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) tall, and Aznavour has made this a source of self-deprecating humour over the years.[21]
Aznavour has been increasingly involved in French, Armenian and international politics as his career progressed. During the 2002 French presidential elections, when socially conservative nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front made it into the runoff election, facing incumbent Jacques Chirac, Aznavour signed the "Vive la France" petition, and called on all French to "sing the Marseillaise" in protest.[51] Chirac, a personal friend of Aznavour's, ended up winning in a landslide, carrying over 82% of the vote.
He has written a song about the Armenian Genocide, titled "Ils sont tombés" (known in English as "They fell").
He has frequently campaigned for international copyright law reform. In November 2005 he met with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso[52] on the issue of the review of term of protection for performers and producers in the EU, advocating an extension of the EU's term of protection from the current 50 years to the United States' law allowing 95 years, saying "[o]n term of protection, artists and record companies are of the same mind. Extension of term of protection would be good for European culture, positive for the European economy and would put an end the current discrimination with the U.S." He has also notably butted heads with French politician Christine Boutin over her defense of a "global license" flat-fee authorization for sharing of copyrighted files over the Internet, claiming that the license would eliminate creativity. In May 2009 the French Senate approved one of the strictest internet anti-piracy bills ever with a landslide 189–14 vote. Aznavour was a vocal proponent of the measure and considered it a rousing victory:
"If the youth can't make a living through creative work, they will do something else and the artistic world will be dealt a blow... There will be no more songs, no more books, nothing at all. So we had to fight..."[53]
Along with holding the mostly ceremonial title of French ambassador-at-large to Armenia, Aznavour agreed to hold the position of Ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland on 12 February 2009:
"First I hesitated, as it is not an easy task. Then I thought that what is important for Armenia is important for us. I have accepted the proposal with love, happiness and feeling of deep dignity"[54]
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|Preceded by
Maxime Le Forestier
|Male artist of the year
at the Victoires de la Musique
|Succeeded by
Florent Pagny
|Diplomatic posts
|Preceded by
Zohrab Mnatsakanian
|Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations in Geneva
since 26 June 2009
|Ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland
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STETSON (5-14, 3-8 A-Sun)
Graham 5-13 4-11 14, Smith 3-10 4-5 10, Patterson 2-4 4-4 8, Lohuis 3-5 0-0 8, Naburgs 1-6 3-3 5, McInerney 2-2 0-0 4, Dupiton 1-1 0-0 2, Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Radford 0-0 0-2 0, Bowen 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-46 15-25 53.
FGCU (7-13, 4-7 A-Sun)
Banks 9-12 3-4 21, Baker 5-12 5-6 19, O'Neil 2-8 3-6 7, Chambers 2-6 2-2 6, Rolax 2-6 1-1 5, Marks 2-5 0-0 4, Murray 1-2 0-0 2, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Lutkenhaus 0-0 0-0 0, Miller 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-53 14-19 64.
Halftime—FGCU 31-20. 3-point goals—Stetson 2-12 (Lohuis 2-4, Smith 0-3, Patterson 0-1, Naburgs 0-1, Williams 0-1, Bowen 0-2), FGCU 4-10 (Baker 4-6, Chambers 0-2, Rolax 0-1, Miller 0-1). Fouled out—Stetson-Lohuis. Rebounds—Stetson 26 (Graham 6), FGCU 43 (O'Neil 10, Banks 10). Assists—Stetson 9 (Williams 4), FGCU 18 (Miller 6). Total fouls—Stetson 17, FGCU 21. Technical fouls—None. A—831.
Anthony Banks scored four key baskets late in the game, preventing a Stetson comeback and securing a 64-53 win for Florida Gulf Coast University on Wednesday night at Alico Arena.
The win was the second in a row for the Eagles, who finished their homestand 2-1 after suffering through a six-game losing streak.
"We're getting closer," FGCU coach Dave Balza said. "We're not at that stage where we want to be personnel-wise, but stringing wins back-to-back at home is good."
Banks had a game-high 21 points with 10 rebounds. Reed Baker scored 19 points, and Derrick O'Neil had 10 boards for FGCU (7-13, 4-7 Atlantic Sun).
Ridge Graham led the Hatters (5-14, 3-8) with 14 points.
Other than a scoreless stretch for both teams midway through the period, FGCU dominated the first half, leading the whole way.
"The first half was terrific defense," Balza said.
Baker's eagle eye gave the Eagles an edge, as he drained three 3-pointers during the course of a 16-2 run. That inflated the FGCU lead to 15 points.
In the second half, the Hatters asserted themselves on defense, using a full-court press at times, but offensively they couldn't get a run going in the face of FGCU's man defense.
"They were mixing zone and man back and forth," Balza said. "That doesn't change what we're trying to do."
The transition offense didn't help, either. At one point, guard Tyshawn Patterson tried to get cute with a behind-the-back pass on a fast break. The ball bounced away, and instead of an easy layup, the Hatters eventually coughed up the ball on the perimeter. FGCU's Ed Rolax picked it up for a fast break of his own and made a layup.
But the Hatters started to clean up their play and it was the Eagles who started making mistakes around the 12-minute mark. After Reggie Chambers committed a foul outside the arc, Stetson's Joel Naburgs shot three free throws, making it a seven-point game. After that, FGCU turned it over with a shot clock violation.
Rolax converted on an old fashioned 3-point play, but the Hatters wouldn't go away. A Mark Lohuis trey brought Stetson within five with less than three minutes to go.
Banks then took over, scoring key baskets that kept the game out of reach, coming through in the clutch as he did in Sunday's one-point win over Mercer.
"I'd like to have had him last year," Balza said.
After Graham missed the free throw on the one-and-one, Stetson resorted to desperation fouls to stop the clock.
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My almost done quilt
Well, it's as done as it's going to get for a couple of weeks. I just finished at midnight connecting my patches. I still have the border to go, the batting, and the backing, then the quilting. I pretty much dig it. Many of the squares are from top quality thrift shop shirts and table cloths, especially the plaids. Others are from some stash and some swaps. The blue pieces are from Joann's and it is that fabric that I will be doing the backing from -- it's 102 inches wide.
It's for one of my adult grandsons, who is 6'3" (yeah me, a little 5'1" grandma....how does that happen!?) so I made it longer to fit his bod.
I named it from the beginning, "As American as Apple Pie" (like that's never been done before!). I did that because some of the fabric was apples and pies, and some was rah rah USA stars and stripes. But as I went on, other fabrics started creeping in. It is nothing like the magazine sample that I used for the pattern, no sense to the lights and darks. In fact, the only thing it has in common are the 2 1/2" squares, and the 4 1/2 x 6 1/2" rectangles. The orginal is so pretty which is why I went for this, but I just couldn't duplicate what they did!
Me at midnight in my jammies.
DH kindly got out of bed to hold take my pic and hold it all up for me.
HOW FUNNY -- I was looking at those pictures and in my head I kept thinking, exactly, "OH, I REALLY LIKE THAT." So I scrolled down to post it and what would you know but Scraphappy was three steps ahead of my.
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A great scrappy quilt! Love that blue fabric and the stars in the 9-patch blocks.
I just love that one,as someone else said it's so homey.
Make sure to check out the dust ruffles(bed skirts) at the thrift shops as well.A lot of fabric in those things.Can you tell i do the thrift shop thing also???
Thanks for posting the pictures. It looks great!
I saw this pattern in the magazine (can't remember which one now) and thought it would be perfect for those 9-patch and 4-patch blocks I made doing the "leaders and enders" routine from the Quiltville website.
Marti, what about all those blocks you made in, as you put it, color combinations that you will never use? Hmmmmmm.
Here is a link that might be useful: Leaders and Enders explained
Mel, that is a fantastic quilt! I just love it! I was thinking that since I don't have a pretty blue paisley like you used, a denim would look good with that pattern too. Now that's another inspiration I'll have to add to my list.


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