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Reference nanomaterials to improve the reliability of nanoscale measurements

March 1, 2017
Author(s)
Gert Roebben, Vincent A. Hackley, Hendrik Emons
Reference materials are essential tools to assure the quality of measurement results, from R&D labs to production facilities. They help increase the reliability of measurements, as laboratories can use reference materials to verify, for themselves, and

Silver nanoparticles: technological advances, societal impacts, and metrological challenges

February 21, 2017
Author(s)
Bryan Calderon Jimenez, Monique E. Johnson, Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Karen E. Murphy, Michael R. Winchester, Jose R. Vega Baudrit
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) show different physical and chemical properties compared to their macroscale analogs. This is primarily due to their small size and, consequently, the exceptional surface area of these materials. Presently, advances in the

Reconstructing the Distributed Force on an Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever

February 7, 2017
Author(s)
Ryan Wagner, Jason P. Killgore
A methodology to reconstruct a distributed force applied to an atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilever given the shape in which it vibrates is developed. This is accomplished by rewriting Bernoulli Euler beam theory such that the force on the cantilever

Incomplete reactions in nanothermite composites

February 3, 2017
Author(s)
Rohit J. Jacob, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Kyle R. Overdeep, Timothy P. Weihs, Michael R. Zachariah
Exothermic reactions between oxophilic metals and transition/ post transition metal-oxides have been well documented owing to their fast reaction time scales (10 μs). This article examines the extent of reaction in nano-aluminum based thermite systems

Impact of UV irradiation on multiwall carbon nanotubes in nanocomposites: formation of entangled surface layer and mechanisms of release resistance

January 31, 2017
Author(s)
Tinh Nguyen, Elijah J. Petersen, Bastien T. Pellegrin, Justin M. Gorham, Thomas F. Lam, Minhua Zhao, Li Piin Sung
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are increasingly used in consumer and structural polymeric products to enhance a variety of properties. Under weathering, the polymer matrix will degrade and the nanofillers will potentially be released from the products, which

Separation of Double-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Electronic Type and Diameter

January 24, 2017
Author(s)
Jason K. Streit, Stephanie Lam, Yanmei Piao, Angela R. Hight Walker, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Ming Zheng
In this work, we introduce a new procedure for the efficient isolation and subsequent separation of double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs). A simplified rate zonal ultracentrifugation (RZU) process is first applied to obtain samples of highly enriched

Imaging and Analysis of Encapsulated Objects through Self-Assembled Electron and Optically Transparent Graphene Oxide Membrane

January 23, 2017
Author(s)
Alexander Yulaev, Alexey Lipatov, Annie Xi Lu, Alexander Sinitskii, Leite Marina, Andrei Kolmakov
We demonstrate a technique for facile adhesion and encapsulation of micro- and nano objects on arbitrary substrates, stencils, and micro structured surfaces by ultrathin graphene oxide membranes via a simple drop casting of graphene oxide solution. A

Origins and Demonstrations of Electrons with Orbital Angular Momentum

January 9, 2017
Author(s)
Benjamin McMorran, Amit Agrawal, Peter Ercius, Vincenzo Grillo, Andrew Herzing, Tyler R. Harvey, Martin Linck
The surprising message of the 1992 paper of Allen, Beijersbergen, Spreeuw, and Woerdman (ABSW) was that photons could exhibit orbital motion in free space, which subsequently launched advancements in optical manipulation, microscopy, quantum optics

Separation, Sizing, and Quantitation of Engineered Nanoparticles in an Organism Model Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Image Analysis

December 16, 2016
Author(s)
Monique Johnson, Shannon Hanna, Antonio Montoro Bustos, Christopher Sims, Lindsay C. C. Elliott, Babak Nikoobakht, John Elliott, Richard D. Holbrook, Keana C. K. Scott, Karen Murphy, Elijah Petersen, Lee Yu, Bryant Nelson, Akshay Lingayat, Adrian C. Johnston
For environmental studies assessing uptake of orally ingested engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), a key step in ensuring accurate quantification of ingested ENPs is efficient separation of the organism from ENPs that are either nonspecifically adsorbed to the

Contour Metrology using Critical Dimension Atomic Force Microscopy

December 15, 2016
Author(s)
Ndubuisi Orji, Ronald G. Dixson, Boon Ping Ng, Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek
The critical dimension atomic force microscope (CD-AFM) has been proposed as an instrument for contour measurement and verification - since its capabilities are complementary to the widely used scanning electron microscope (SEM). Although data from CD-AFM

In situ Atomic-Scale Probing of Reduction Dynamics of 2-Dimensional Fe2O3 Nanostructures

December 13, 2016
Author(s)
Wenhui Zhu, Jonathan P. Winterstein, Wei-Chang Yang, Lu Yuan, Renu Sharma, Guangwen Zhou
Atomic-scale structure dynamics and phase transformation pathway was probed, in situ, during the reduction of bi-crystalline Fe2O3 nanostructures in H2 by using an environmental transmission electron microscope. It was found that the reduction commenced

Electron Microscopy and Nanoscopy: Analytical

December 5, 2016
Author(s)
Vladimir P. Oleshko
The analytical electron microscope (AEM) is a transmission and/or scanning transmission electron microscope (S/TEM) which is modified to permit composition analyses using x-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS) and/or electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Characterization of Yttrium-Rich Precipitate Phases in a Titanium Alloy Weld

December 1, 2016
Author(s)
Andrew Herzing, Ratna P. Kolli, Sreeramamurthy Ankem
The yttrium-rich (Y-rich) precipitates that form in the fusion zone (FZ) of a Ti-5111 alloy weld were characterized by atom probe tomography and scanning transmission electron microscopy. Two distinct types of precipitates were identified: (1) a higher

Membrane-Based Environmental Cells for SEM in Liquids

December 1, 2016
Author(s)
Andrei A. Kolmakov
Environmental electron microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in liquids are among the most active research areas in modern electron microscopy and spectroscopy. Research interest in these techniques is broad as they are enabling the nanoscale

Study of Direct Lithiation of Thin Si Membranes with Spatially-Correlative Low Energy Focused Li Ion Beam and Analytical Electron Microscopy Techniques

November 22, 2016
Author(s)
Vladimir P. Oleshko, Christopher L. Soles, Kevin A. Twedt, J J. McClelland
Understanding and controlling defect interactions and transport properties of Li ions in silicon is crucial for the development of emerging technologies in energy storage and microelectronics. With a theoretical energy storage capacity of ~4200 mAhg-1
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