Nanofabrication, Nanomanufacturing, and Nanoprocessing Programs & Projects | |
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Dimensional Metrology for Nanofabrication
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Our goal is to develop measurements that quantify the shape, size, orientation, and fidelity of nanoscale patterns as a platform to quantitatively … more
Assessing the Internal Structure and Composition of Climatically-Relevant Atmospheric Particles
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Atmospheric particles with long atmospheric lifetimes affect Earth's radiative balance. These particles typically consist of multiple chemical … 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 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
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
Metrology for Nanoimprint Lithography
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to develop, advance, and demonstrate measurements that facilitate Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) as a viable technology for the … more
Nanoparticle Assembly
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Our goal is to develop a platform for in situ measurements of the directed assembly of complex solutions of nanoscale building blocks (NBB)s into … more
COMPLETED: Templated Assembly of Block Copolymer Films
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Our goal is to develop critical measurement solutions that enable nanomanufacturing with template guided block copolymer assembly for next … more
Nanomagnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 08/20/2012 The microscopic arrangement of the magnetic structure within a thin metal film plays a fundamental role in many technological applications ranging … more
Novel Sources for Focused-ion Beams
Last Updated Date: 08/14/2012 Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of nanomaterials. At the CNST, researchers … more
Nanoscale Functional and Structural Characterization of Thin-Film Inorganic Solar Cells
Last Updated Date: 07/10/2012 Large-scale implementation of solar power generation requires photovoltaic (PV) devices with efficiency-to-cost ratios better than existing … more
Metrology of High Current Density Electron Field Emitters
Last Updated Date: 07/10/2012 Electron sources are ubiquitous in vacuum based electronics and are used for a variety of purposes. These applications range from x-ray … more
Optimal Diffusion Coefficient Estimation in Single-Particle Tracking
Last Updated Date: 03/29/2012 Single-particle tracking is a powerful tool for probing the transport behavior and local environmental properties of individual nanoparticles in … more
Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control
Last Updated Date: 03/29/2012 The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large … more
Modeling and Simulation of Nanofabrication
Last Updated Date: 03/09/2012 Most manufacturing has historically been based on top-down fabrication and assembly. With rapid advances in nanotechnology, there is … more |
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