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Materials Science
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Key metrologies/systems: In situ spectroscopic ellipsometry, linear and non-linear spectroscopies/Polymeric thiophene-based semiconductors for … more
Evaluation of the Extent of Electron Scattering in a Low Vacuum Scanning Electron Microscope
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Low vacuum scanning electron microscopes utilize gas molecules in the specimen chamber to neutralize the specimen charging from the impinging … more
Coupling Nanowire Chemisresistors with MEMS Microhotplate Gas Sensing Platforms
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Recent advances in nanotechnology have yielded materials and structures that offer great potential for improving the sensitivity, selectivity, … more
Analysis of Copper Incorporation Into Zinc Oxide Nanowires
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 ZnO nanowires (NWs) are grown on bulk copper by chemical vapor deposition. Photoluminescence (PL) microscopy revealed band gap emission at 380 nm … more
Analysis of 3D Elemental Mapping Artifacts in Biological Specimens using Monte Carlo Simulation
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 We performed Monte Carlo simulation to demonstrate the feasibility of using the focused ion beam based X-ray microanalysis technique (FIB-EDS) for … more
3D Elemental Mapping of Cells using Electron and Ion Beams
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Although it is the most commonly used technique for the chemical analysis of cells, mass spectrometry of cell lysate can only provide bulk … more
Magnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to develop a real-time magnetic domain imaging system and apply it to technologically important systems, including data-storage and … more
Metrics for Reactive Wetting in Complex Systems
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 For processes involving wetting between two materials, classically defined metrics such as surface or interface energy and contact angle are only … more
Characterization of 3D Photovoltaics
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to provide industry with test structures and models of next-generation photovoltaics, with an initial focus on cadmium telluride … more
Lead-Free Surface Finishes for Electronic Components: Tin Whisker Growth
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 This project will provide data and materials measurements necessary to improve the reliability of solder interconnects degraded by the switch to … more
COMPLETED: Polymers for Next-Generation Lithography
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to develop measurement methods with sufficiently high spatial resolution to uncover the materials limitations in the resolution of … more
COMPLETED: Dimensional Metrology for Nanoscale Patterns
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to develop and demonstrate precise measurement methods that quantify the physical shape, critical dimensions (CD) and … more
Bioimaging
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to develop methods and materials for imaging-based characterization of molecular signatures that occur during cellular proliferation, … more
Renewable Polymers
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Economic growth, such as that experienced in developed countries over the last century, cannot continue into the next century nor spread to less … more
Protein Preservation
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to address critical measurement issues that exist regarding chemical and physical stability of biomacromolecules (proteins and DNA) in … more |
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