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Nanotechnology

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Creating Nanostructured Superconductors by Local Current Annealing

September 17, 2015
Author(s)
Hongwoo H. Baek, Jeonghoon Ha, Duming Zhang, Bharath NMN Natarajan, Jonathan P. Winterstein, Renu Sharma, Rongwei Hu, Kefeng Wang, Steven Ziemak, Johnpierre Paglione, Young Kuk, Nikolai B. Zhitenev, Joseph A. Stroscio
Superconductivity results from a Bose condensate of Cooper-paired electrons with a macroscopic quantum wavefunction. Dramatic effects can occur when the region of the condensate is shaped and confined to the nanometer scale. Recent progress in

Self-terminated Electrodeposition of Iridium Electrocatalysts

September 16, 2015
Author(s)
Thomas P. Moffat
A simple electrochemical process for submonolayer deposition of ultrathin catalytic iridum (Ir) films is demonstrated. The process enables effective utilization of one of nature’s rarest elements while different substrates facilitate the exploration of

Orthogonal Analysis of Functional Gold Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

September 11, 2015
Author(s)
De-Hao D. Tsai, Yi-Fu Lu, Frank W. DelRio, Tae Joon Cho, Suvajyoti S. Guha, Michael R. Zachariah, Fan Zhang, Andrew J. Allen, Vincent A. Hackley
We report a comprehensive strategy based on implementation of orthogonal measurement techniques to provide critical and verifiable material characteristics for functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) used in biomedical applications. Thiolated

Quantitative tool characterization of a 193 nm scatterfield microscope

September 9, 2015
Author(s)
Martin Y. Sohn, Bryan M. Barnes, Hui Zhou, Richard M. Silver
Optical microscope tool characterization has been investigated for the quantitative measurements of deep sub-wavelength features using a Fourier plane normalization method. The NIST 193 nm scatterfield microscope operating with an ArF Excimer laser, which

Substitutional Doping in Nanocrystal Superlattices

August 27, 2015
Author(s)
Aaron C. Johnston-Peck, Matteo Cargnello, Benjamin T. Diroll, Eric Wong, Bianca Datta, Divij Damodar, Vicky V. Doan-Nguyen, Andrew A. Herzing, Cherie R. Kagan, Christopher B. Murray

Diffraction limited focusing and directing of gap plasmons by a metal-dielectric-metal lens

August 24, 2015
Author(s)
Brian S. Dennis, David Czaplewski, Michael Haftel, Daniel Lopez, Girsh Blumberg, Vladimir Aksyuk
Passive optical elements can play key roles in photonic applications such as plasmonic integrated circuits. Here we experimentally demonstrate passive gap-plasmon focusing and directing in two-dimensions. This is accomplished using a high numerical

Photovoltaic switching mechanism in lateral structure hybrid Perovskite solar cells

August 5, 2015
Author(s)
Yongbo Yuan, Jungseok Chae, Yuchuan Shao, Qi Wang, Zhengguo Xiao, Andrea Centrone, Jinsong Huang
Organometal trihalide perovskite solar cells with lateral device architecture recently attracted interest because of their switchable photovoltaic effect, which potentially could be leveraged to realize transparent-electrode-free solar cells. However, the

Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy Beyond the Diffraction Limit

July 22, 2015
Author(s)
Andrea Centrone
Progress in nanotechnology is enabled by and dependent on the availability of measurement methods with spatial resolution commensurate with nanomaterials’ length scales. Chemical imaging techniques, such as scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy

Fractionation and characterization of high aspect ratio gold nanorods using asymmetric-flow field flow fractionation and single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

July 14, 2015
Author(s)
Thao M. Nguyen, Jingyu Liu, Vincent A. Hackley
Development of methods for the in situ fractionation and characterization of high aspect ratio (AR) gold nanorods (GNRs) is a rapidly growing area of interest within the nanotechnology field, particularly with respect to nanomanufacturing and biomedical

Optomechanical Motion Sensors

July 8, 2015
Author(s)
Felipe Guzman, Oliver Gerberding, John T. Melcher, Julian Stirling, Jon R. Pratt, Gordon A. Shaw, Jacob M. Taylor
Compact optical cavities can be combined with motion sensors to yield unprecedented resolution and SI-traceability in areas such as acceleration sensing and atomic force microscopy AFM, among others. We have incorporated Fabry-Perot fiber-optic micro

Electron beam induced current in the high injection regime

July 2, 2015
Author(s)
Paul M. Haney, Heayoung Yoon, Prakash Koirala, Robert W. Collins, Nikolai B. Zhitenev
Electron beam induced current (EBIC) is a powerful technique which measures the charge collection efficiency of photovoltaics with sub-micron spatial resolution. The exciting electron beam results in a high generation rate density of electron-hole pairs

The evolution of carbon nanotube network structure in unidirectional nanocomposites resolved by quantitative electron tomography

June 23, 2015
Author(s)
Bharath NMN Natarajan, Noa Lachman, Thomas F. Lam, Douglas Jacobs, Christian J. Long, Minhua Zhao, Brian L. Wardle, Renu Sharma, James A. Liddle
Carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced polymers are next-generation, high-performance, multifunctional materials with a wide array of promising applications. The successful introduction of such materials is hampered by the lack of a quantitative understanding of

Characterization of Electrothermal Actuation with Nanometer and Microradian Precision

June 21, 2015
Author(s)
Craig R. Copeland, Craig D. McGray, Jon C. Geist, Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Samuel M. Stavis
A recently introduced particle-tracking method was used to measure the single motion cycles of an electrothermal actuator with nanometer and microradian precision. Driving the actuator with a low-noise input induced deterministic motion that was perfectly

Strong asymmetric charge carrier dependence in inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy of graphene phonons

June 16, 2015
Author(s)
Donat F. Natterer, Yue Y. Zhao, Jonathan E. Wyrick, Yang-Hao Chan, Wen-Ying Ruan, Mei-Yin Chou, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Nikolai B. Zhitenev, Joseph A. Stroscio
The observation of phonons in graphene by inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy has been met with limited success in previous measurements arising from weak signals and other spectral features which inhibit a clear distinction between phonons and

Nanoelectronic Structural Information with Scanning Probe Microscopes

June 14, 2015
Author(s)
Joseph J. Kopanski, Lin You, Jungjoon Ahn, Yaw S. Obeng
Scanning probe microscope (SPM) based methods to obtain subsurface structural information about nano-structured materials are described. A test structure chip containing structures to produce various surface electric field gradients, spatially varying
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