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Showing 1 to 20 of 378 for “"Nano scale"”.
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Modeling and simulation of nano-scale transistor
Modeling and simulation of nano-scale transistor plays an important role in designing circuits. They serve as the medium of exchanging information between foundries and circuit designers. In the past several decades, the innovations of transistor technology such as FDSOI and FinFET have been the …
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Nano-scale scratching in chemical-mechanical polishing
… critical step in the manufacture of ultra-large-scale integrated (ULSI) semiconductor devices, undesirable nano-scale scratches are formed on the surfaces being polished. As the width of the interconnect Cu lines continues to shrink to below 60 nm, and as the traditional Si02 dielectric is …
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Nano-scale evaluation of moisture damage in asphalt
… remains an unsolved problem. Traditional macro-scale tests and methods failed to describe how and what factors affect moisture damage because moisture damage in asphalt is related to asphalt chemistry and adhesion characteristics, which are below micron scale phenomena. To this end, asphalt …
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Length-Scale Effects on Nano-Scale Materials Behavior
… cannot explain the elastic behavior at the nano-scale and we propose a mechanism based atomic-scale interactions. (3) In-situ TEM tests show that below a transitional length-scale (50 nm grain size for aluminum), dislocations cease to exist in the grain interiors. Absence of both dislocation …
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Optical instruments for characterization in the nano-scale
… and single mode solid state types. Rulers of nanoscale precision and accuracy can be built with such lasers as light sources. This thesis two such instruments, the Florescence Correlation Spectroscope for determination of hydrodynamic size of quantum dot bioprobes to nanometer precision in …
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Nano-scale ohmic contacts for III-V MOSFETs
As modem silicon CMOS has been scaled down to extremely small dimensions, there is an urgent need for technological innovations of new devices architectures that would allow the continuation of Moore's Law into the future. In particular, for CMOS with nanometer scale pitch size, the intrinsic …
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Aptamer-based nano-scale dielectric sensor for protein detection
… a novel protein detection mechanism based on nanoscale dielectric sensor functionalized with aptamer probes is developed. This work has been done in collaboration with Rational Affinity Devices LLC. The use of aptamer based detection offers several advantages over the traditional labor …
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Rough Surface Interactions of Micro/nano-Scale Contact Systems
… to contact behavior have been studied. First, nanomechanical properties of ultra-thin carbon films such as hardness and elastic modulus have been investigated using a newly developed nanoindentation technique and custom-built high-resolution nanoindentation system, which enabled reliable …
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Array -Based Direct Writing of Micro/nano Scale Structures
… been demonstrated by using them to print micro/nano scale patterns using the electro-hydrodynamic (EHD) printing process.
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Nano-scale metal contacts for future III-V CMOS
As modem transistors continue to scale down in size, conventional Si CMOS is reaching its physical limits and alternative technologies are needed to extend Moore's law. Among different candidates, MOSFETs with a III-V compound semiconductor channel are of great interest. Specifically, designs with …
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PNA-protein conjugates for nano-scale modeling of protein aggregates
Abstract Programmable assembly of proteins on molecular frameworks requires the development of facile and orthogonal chemical approaches and molecular scaffolds. In this research, the unique characteristics of PNA were applied to create controllable protein assemblies directed by precise PNA-DNA …
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Micro/Nano-Scale Investigation on SN Alloys and SNO2 Nanowires
… (alloy of tin and copper) was produced in large scale. They have unique properties and find applications in various engineering fields. Correspondingly, there is abundant information waiting to be clarified surrounding these Sn-related materials. As the key element used for solder alloys, the …
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Micro-nano scale diagnostics and therapeutic platforms for personalized medicine
Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 113065 on 2021-11-27T10:15:20Z.
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Bias Temperature Instability Modelling and Lifetime Prediction on Nano-scale MOSFETs
… of MOSFET feature size brings new challenges to nano-scale device lifetime prediction: 1). Nano-scale devices’ current is fluctuating due to the impact of a single charge is increasing as MOSFET scaling down, repetitive tests need to be done to achieve meaningful averaged results; 2). Nano-scale …
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VUV 157nm F₂ laser irradiation of micro- and nano-scale particles
Micro- and nanoscale particles have recently become the focus of a great deal of research interest due to their wide-ranging potential in a number of applications.This thesis concerns the interaction of small particles with the 157nm wavelength vacuum ultraviolet, VUV, emission from a molecular …
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Probing nano-scale atomic and electronic structures of iron-based superconductors
… Fe1+yTe1-xSex and BaFe2(PxAs1-x)2, we discovered nanometer-scale phase separation associated with chemical inhomogeneity. Direct evidence of phase separation was obtained from the Z-dependent image contrast recorded in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) using a high angle annular …
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Development of Nano-scale Featured Materials for Electrode Modification and Solid Supports.
… the bacteria, B. Megaterium, as the template for nanomaterial formation. To enable the formation long microchannels, the flexible bacteria chains were aligned by using light scratches on the substrate surface as anchors for the bacteria’s adhesive cell capsule. Polystyrene (PS) sphere templates …
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