In Situ AFM Analysis Investigating Disassembly of DNA Nanoparticles and Nano-Films

Author(s):  
Yi Zou ◽  
Lei Wan ◽  
Jenifer Blacklock ◽  
David Oupicky ◽  
Guangzhao Mao
Author(s):  
Yi Zou ◽  
Lei Wan ◽  
Jenifer Blacklock ◽  
Lingxiao Xie ◽  
Sean Carroll ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 1491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayme Keist ◽  
Christine Orme ◽  
Frances Ross ◽  
Dan Steingart ◽  
Paul Wright ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThis investigation describes preliminary results of in-situ analysis of zinc deposition within an ionic liquid electrolyte utilizing electrochemical atomic force microscopy (EC AFM). From the AFM analysis, the morphology of the zinc deposition was analyzed by quantifying the surface roughness using height-height correlation functions. These results will be used to analyze the scattering data obtained from zinc deposition analysis utilizing an electrochemical ultra-small angle x-ray scattering (EC USAXS). The goal of this research is to link the early nucleation and growth behavior to the formation of detrimental morphologies.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jizhong He

We have developed a novel instrument combining a glide tester with an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) for hard disk drive (HDD) media defect test and analysis. The sample stays on the same test spindle during both glide test and AFM imaging without losing the relevant coordinates. This enables an in situ evaluation with the high-resolution AFM of the defects detected by the glide test. The ability for the immediate follow-on AFM analysis solves the problem of relocating the defects quickly and accurately in the current workflow. The tool is furnished with other functions such as scribing, optical imaging, and head burnishing. Typical data generated from the tool are shown at the end of the paper. It is further demonstrated that novel experiments can be carried out on the platform by taking advantage of the correlative capabilities of the tool.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (23) ◽  
pp. 7333
Author(s):  
Claudia Filoni ◽  
Bahram Shirzadi ◽  
Marco Menegazzo ◽  
Eugenio Martinelli ◽  
Corrado Di Natale ◽  
...  

Flexible and economic sensor devices are the focus of increasing interest for their potential and wide applications in medicine, food analysis, pollution, water quality, etc. In these areas, the possibility of using stable, reproducible, and pocket devices can simplify the acquisition of data. Among recent prototypes, sensors based on laser-induced graphene (LIGE) on Kapton represent a feasible choice. In particular, LIGE devices are also exploited as electrodes for sensing in liquids. Despite a characterization with electrochemical (EC) methods in the literature, a closer comparison with traditional graphite electrodes is still missing. In this study, we combine atomic force microscopy with an EC cell (EC-AFM) to study, in situ, electrode oxidation reactions when LIGE or other graphite samples are used as anodes inside an acid electrolyte. This investigation shows the quality and performance of the LIGE electrode with respect to other samples. Finally, an ex situ Raman spectroscopy analysis allows a detailed chemical analysis of the employed electrodes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (29) ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Hammad R. Humud

This work aim to prepare Ag/R6G/PMMA nanocomposite thinfilms by In-situ plasma polymerization and study the changes in theoptical properties of fluorophore due to the presence of Agnanoparticles structures in the vicinity of the R6G laser dye. Theconcentrations of R6G dye/MMA used are: 10-4M solutions wereprepared by dissolving the required quantity of the R6G dye inMMAMonomer. Then Silver nanoparticles with 50 average particlessize were mixed with MMAmonomer with concentration of 0.3, 0.5,0.7wt% to get R6G silver/MMA in liquid phase. The films weredeposited on glass substrates by dielectric barrier discharge plasmajet. The Ag/R6G/PMMA nanocomposite thin films werecharacterization by UV-Visible absorption spectra by using a doublebeam UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer and fluorescenceSpectrophotometer. The thin films surface morphological analysis iscarried out by employing an AFM and SEM. the structure analysisare achieved by X-ray diffraction. The thickness of the films wasmeasured by optical interferometric method. AFM analysis showsthat the surface roughness of plasma polymerized pure PMMA thinfilms was 2.7 nm and for (10-4 R6G + 0.7wt% Ag)Ag/R6G/PMMAthin films was 4.16 nm. The SEM images were indicates that Agnanoparticles (NPs) disperse in the PMMA matrix with uniformdistribution and formed mostly spherical NPs and slightlyagglomerate. Also the silver nanoparticles with 0.7wt%concentration enhances the absorption process by 2.3 times and thefluorescence by 1.7 times. it can be conclude, that the addition of lowconcentrations of silver nanoparticles to the PMMA/ R6G matrix waschanging the optical properties of the prepared nanocomposite thinfilms.


2012 ◽  
Vol 717-720 ◽  
pp. 189-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun Li ◽  
Stefano Leone ◽  
Sven Andersson ◽  
Olof Kordina ◽  
Anne Henry ◽  
...  

This study has been focused on 3C-SiC epitaxial growth on 4H-SiC (0001) on-axis substrates using the standard CVD chemistry. Several growth parameters were investigated, including growth temperature, in-situ etching process and C/Si ratio. High quality single domain 3C epilayers could be obtained around 1350 °C, with propane present during pre-growth etching and when the C/Si ratio was equal to 1. The best grown layer is 100% 3C-SiC and single domain. The net n-type background doping is around 2x1016 cm-3. The surface roughness of the layers from AFM analysis is in the 3 to 8 nm range on a 50x50 μm2 area.


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