Current and future trends for polymer micro/nanoprocessing in industrial applications

D Chen, Y Wang, H Zhou, Z Huang, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polymers are widely used in optical devices, electronic devices, energy‐harvesting/storage
devices, and sensors, owing to their low weight, excellent flexibility, and simple fabrication …

Roadmap for focused ion beam technologies

K Höflich, G Hobler, FI Allen, T Wirtz, G Rius… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

Atom probe tomographic mapping directly reveals the atomic distribution of phosphorus in resin embedded ferritin

DE Perea, J Liu, J Bartrand, Q Dicken… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Here we report the atomic-scale analysis of biological interfaces within the ferritin protein
using atom probe tomography that is facilitated by an advanced specimen preparation …

Gallium, neon and helium focused ion beam milling of thin films demonstrated for polymeric materials: study of implantation artifacts

FI Allen, NR Velez, RC Thayer, NH Patel, MA Jones… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Focused ion beam milling of∼ 200 nm polymer thin films is investigated using a multibeam
ion microscope equipped with a gallium liquid metal ion source and a helium/neon gas field …

4D Imaging of ZnO-Coated Nanoporous Al2O3 Aerogels by Chemically Sensitive Ptychographic Tomography: Implications for Designer Catalysts

H Yuan, H Yuan, T Casagrande… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The 3D chemical structure (4D spectromicroscopy) of nanoporous Al2O3 aerogels coated
with ZnO by atomic layer deposition (ALD) was studied by multienergy scanning …

Ultrathin polymer membranes with patterned, micrometric pores for organs-on-chips

V Pensabene, L Costa, AY Terekhov… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The basal lamina or basement membrane (BM) is a key physiological system that
participates in physicochemical signaling between tissue types. Its formation and function …

Shaping organic microcrystals using focused ion beam milling

W Li, J van Baren, A Berges, E Bekyarova… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The technique of focused ion beam (FIB) milling is used to cut two-dimensional shapes into
single crystals composed of the organic semiconductor molecule perylene. The use of an …

The 3D Controllable Fabrication of Nanomaterials with FIB-SEM Synchronization Technology

L Zhao, Y Cui, J Li, Y Xie, W Li, J Zhang - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials with unique structures and functions have been widely used in the fields of
microelectronics, biology, medicine, and aerospace, etc. With advantages of high resolution …

Tuning surface wettability at the submicron-scale: effect of focused ion beam irradiation on a self-assembled monolayer

Y Yamada, K Takahashi, T Ikuta… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Realizing surface wettability tuning at the submicron-scale resolution is expected to enable
the fabrication of micro/nano-structured fluidic devices and is particularly important in …

Atom probe tomography of molecular organic materials: Sub-dalton nanometer-scale quantification

AP Proudian, MB Jaskot, DR Diercks… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we demonstrate that atom probe tomography (APT) can be applied to small-
molecule organic materials. We show that APT can provide an unprecedented combination …