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Optical Characterization of Advanced Thin Films
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 A wide range of technologies are impacted by the performance of thin (<100 nm) layers of advanced materials. This is particularly true in … more
Superresolving Optical Microscopy
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Light microscopy is a widely used analytical tool because it provides non-destructive, real-time, three-dimensional imaging with chemical and … more
Surface Potential Imaging of Solution Processable Acene-Based Thin Film Transistors
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Scanning Kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM) of functioning solution processed thin film transistors is used to correlate film microstructure with … more
Supercontiuum FTIR
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Optical fiber based supercontinuum (SC) light sources combine the brightness of lasers with the bandwidth of incandescent lamps and thus are … more
Site-Specific Bioimaging
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 In collaboration with scientists at the Laboratory for Cell Biology (LCB) within the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of … more
Polymer Microspheres By Annular Co-Flow Extrusion
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Well characterized test materials are essential for validating the performance of trace explosive detection systems. Particle size, chemical … more
Next-Generation Metrology for Drug Delivery Systems
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 A critical metrology issue for pharmaceutical industries is the application of analytical techniques to the characterization of drug delivery … more
Rapid Isotopic Screening
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 We have exploited the built-in functionality of a secondary ion mass spectrometer to provide the capability to screen the enrichment levels of a … more
Trace Narcotics Detection
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 A large suite of illicit drug samples were analyzed using IMS to evaluate the selectivity and sensitivity of the technique. The sample suite … more
Molecular Orbital Structure of Energetic Nitrogen Compounds from X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 When chemical compounds of low-Z elements are excited by x-rays, the ionized core states are filled from the valence band. The molecular orbital … more
Trophic Transfer of Nanoparticles in a Simplified Invertebrate Food Web
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 We demonstrated that carboxylated and biotinylated quantum dots (QDs) can be transferred to higher trophic organisms (rotifers) through dietary … more
Milli X-ray Fluorescence X-ray Spectrum Imaging Technique Development
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Significant improvements were made in the area of technique development for Eagle III mXRF since its initial installation in 2007. The diverse … more
Mitigation of Systematic Errors in EFTEM Spectral Imaging via Median Filtering
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 A method has been developed for the removal from CCD images of point blemishes (PBs) ubiquitous in the acquisition of energy-filtered transmission … more
Chemistry in Analytical Microscopy Group
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical … more
Inkjet Gravimetry
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Gravimetric and optical methods were developed to assure quantitative deposition of compounds from nano-dispense devices onto the surfaces of … more |
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