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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Etching methods"”.
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Fabrication of Tungsten Tips Suitable for Scanning Probe Microscopy by Electrochemical Etching Methods
… at the atomic level.</p> <p>There are various methods used in the tips fabrication process. Of diverse methods, three different electrochemical etching methods: submerged method, single lamella drop-off method, and double lamella drop-off method are commonly used to make various tips' shapes …
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Influence of synthesis parameters on the properties of MXenes: a comparative study of ammonium bifluoride and HCl-LiF etching methods for membrane reactor applications
… of MXenes from Ti3AlC2 MAX phase using various etching methods, including NH4HF2, HCl-LiF, and sonication-assisted techniques. The study aims to optimize synthesis parameters to achieve high-quality MXenes with enhanced properties suitable for industrial applications. ☐ Detailed analysis reveals …
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A comparison of AB diblock and ABA triblock copolymers of polystyrene and polyferocenylsilane for nanolithography applications
… have become of interest in the pursuit novel methods of nanolithography. Their ability to self-assembly into periodic geometries with nanoscale feature sizes makes them attractive as etching masks and templating materials for microelectronics and nanodevices. BCP provide a scalable and …
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Nanostructuring magnetic thin films using interference lithography
… grids with a minimum spatial period of ~ 170 nm. Etching methods, especially ion-beam etching, or ion milling, is investigated as the optimal choice for patterning sub-100 nm features in thin magnetic films and multi-layer thin film stacks. The advantages and disadvantages of a variety of resist …
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Inverse metal-assisted chemical etching of indium phosphide with sub-20 nm scalability
Metal-assisted chemical etching (MacEtch), a wet etching method developed in 2000, has been the focus of extensive research in the area of semiconductor nanotechnology for the last decade, mainly in Si. In principle, MacEtch can be applicable to the other semiconductors if there exists a …
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Nano Cost Nano Patterned Template for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) for IN-VITRO and IN-VIVO Applications
… transparent SERS substrates depended on aluminum etching methods, Au deposition angles, and Au deposition thicknesses. Rhodamine 6G solutions on both sides of the SERS substrates were used to analyze and characterize. Moreover, preliminary Raman Spectra from R6G and chicken specimen were obtained …
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Silicon nanopore patch clamp device for measuring single ion channel activity
The development of new methods for measuring and manipulating neural activity is of high interest with applications in neuron and neural circuit functioning as well as high-throughput ion channel screening for early drug development research. In 1991 Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann received the Nobel …
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Low cost manufacturing of light trapping features on multi-crystalline silicon solar cells : jet etching method and cost analysis
… was conducted in order to determine low cost methods to improve the light trapping ability of multi-crystalline solar cells. We focused our work on improving current wet etching methods to achieve the desired light trapping features which consists in micro-scale trenches with parabolic …
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Integrated chirped Bragg gratings for dispersion control
… attention paid to lithography and reactive ion etching methods. In addition, work is presented on a wet chemical oxidation technique for reduction of sidewall roughness in A1GaAs based waveguides. Deeply etched waveguides were shown to exhibit losses reduced by up to 4dBcm[superscript-1] after …
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Characterization, optimization, and simulation in through silicon via (TSV) dry etch
Two approaches of through-silicon-via (TSV) etching methods, the Bosch process (alternating etching/passivation phases) and the single-step etching, have been experimentally investigated and theoretically modeled in this study. Parameter ramping and post-etch plasma treatment techniques have been …
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A Comparison of Three Debonding Techniques Employing Two Methods of Tooth Preparation
… using stainless steel brackets and two different methods of tooth preparation (37% phosphoric acid+ primer vs. self-etching primer). The null hypotheses of this investigation are (1) the method of tooth preparation will not have a significant effect on the bond strengths and (2) the relative …