A large amount of work world-wide has been directed towards obtaining an understanding of the fundamental characteristics of porous Si. Much progress has been made following the demonstration in 1990 that highly porous material could emit very efficient visible photoluminescence at room temperature. Since that time, all features of the structural, optical and electronic properties of the material have been subjected to in-depth scrutiny. It is the purpose of the present review to survey the work which has been carried out and to detail the level of understanding which has been attained. The key importance of crystalline Si nanostructures in determining the behaviour of porous Si is highlighted. The fabrication of solid-state electroluminescent devices is a prominent goal of many studies and the impressive progress in this area is described.

The structural and luminescence properties of porous silicon

The present invention is a method and apparatus relating to manufacturing nanostructure patterns and components using molecular science. The method includes overlaying a multilayer organic molecule resist on at least a portion of a parent structure selectively deposited on a substrate, depositing a layer over the parent structure and in contact with at least a portion of the multilayer organic resist, and removing the multilayer organic molecule resist to leave a residual structure.

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Molecular ruler for scaling down nanostructures

Among various water purification and recycling technologies, adsorption is a fast, inexpensive and universal method. The development of low-cost adsorbents has led to the rapid growth of research interests in this field. The present protocol describes salient features of adsorption and details experimental methodologies for the development and characterization of low-cost adsorbents, water treatment and recycling using adsorption technology including batch processes and column operations. The protocol describes the development of inexpensive adsorbents from waste materials, which takes only 1-2 days, and an adsorption process taking 15-120 min for the removal of pollutants. The applications of batch and column processes are discussed, along with suggestions to make this technology more popular and applicable.

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Advances in water treatment by adsorption technology

We discuss measurement of the local thickness t of a transmission microscope specimen from the log-ratio formula t = lambda ln (It/I0) where It and I0 are the total and zero-loss areas under the electron-energy loss spectrum. We have measured the total inelastic mean free path lambda in 11 materials of varying atomic number Z and have parameterized the results in the form lambda = 106F (E0/Em)/ln (2 beta E0/Em) where F = (1 + E0/1,022)/(1 + E0/511)2, the incident energy E0 is in keV, the spectrum collection semiangle beta is in mrad, and Em = 7.6Z0.36. This formulation should allow absolute thickness to be determined to an accuracy of +/- 20% in most inorganic specimens.

EELS Log-Ratio Technique for Specimen-Thickness Measurement in the TEM

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Tephrochronology and its application: A review

1. Modeling Electron Beam-Specimen Interactions.- 2. SEM Microcharacterization of Semiconductors.- 3. Electron Channeling Contrast in the SEM.- 4. Magnetic Contrast in the SEM.- 5. Computer-Aided Imaging and Interpretation.- 6. Alternative Microanalytical Techniques.- 7. Specimen Coating.- 8. Advances in Specimen Preparation for Biological SEM.- 9. Cryomicroscopy.- References.

Advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis

The electronics industry is now one of the principal users of the scanning electron microscope, with as many as half of all new SEMs being bought, directly or indirectly, for semiconductor applications. There are several reasons for this popularity. First, the SEM provides a variety of contrast modes which are of great value in qualitatively and quantitatively assessing the properties of semiconductor materials. Second, the SEM offers modes which allow the operation of devices such as switches, transistors, and even complete integrated circuits, to be observed under conditions which approximate those of normal use. As the size of devices has been reduced to the micrometer scale, and as devices themselves become more complex, the fact that the SEM can combine imaging and chemical microanalysis with such facilities as the ability to identify electrically active defects, or measure voltages, makes it in many cases the most versatile tool for characterization, diagnosis, and failure analysis. The major techniques in current use for semiconductor studies are discused below, but other modes of operation including electron channeling and x-ray microanalysis are also of value and the chapters dealing with these topics should be consulted as well.

SEM Microcharacterization of Semiconductors

As is well known, electron energy loss spectroscopy can be used to determine the relative sample thickness in the electron microscope. This paper considers how such measurements can be applied to biological samples in order to obtain the mass thickness for quantitative X-ray microanalysis. The important quantity in estimating the mass thickness from an unknown samples is the total inelastic cross section per unit mass. Models for the cross section suggest that this quantity is constant to within +/- 20% for most biological compounds. This is comparable with the approximation made in the continuum method for measuring mass thickness. The linearity of the energy loss technique is established by some measurements on evaporated films and quantitation is demonstrated by measurements on thin calcium standards. A significant advantage of the method is that the energy loss spectrum can be recorded at very low dose, so that mass thickness determination can be made before even the most sensitive samples suffer damage resulting in mass loss. The energy loss measurements avoid the necessity to correct the continuum measurement for stray radiation produced in the vicinity of the sample holder. Unlike the continuum method the energy loss technique requires uniform mass thickness across the probe area, but this is not usually a problem when small probes (less than or approximately 100 nm diameter) are used.

Mass thickness determination by electron energy loss for quantitative X-ray microanalysis in biology.

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Advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis

SEM Microcharacterization of Semiconductors

Mass thickness determination by electron energy loss for quantitative X-ray microanalysis in biology.

Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Microanalysis, and Analytical Electron Microscopy : A Laboratory Workbook

Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Microanalysis and Analytical Electron Microscopy