Capillary Tubing and Adapter

Using the techniques described in my previous post: TEM Tomography of NPN and npMgF2, we have recreated some tomograms that have contour (position) and height (depth) information contained in them. Our goal now is to express that height information in the form of a surface, or volume.         Segmentation Having some evidence that…

Poor English Paper used as a starting point: Silicon Nitride Etch Rate paper This is a continuation of the work I’ve done, attempting to make freestanding MgF2 nanomembranes (theory and deposition) using a Silicon Nitride nanoporous substrate. I originally  wanted to use hot phosphoric acid to remove the Si3N4, but since we do not have that…

SiMPore has been collaborating with the Infotonics Center to scale our SepCon production to a 6-inch wafer.  The wafers are patterned and deposited at their facility and then brought back to UR where we anneal and etch.  This week, we etched several wafers and the initial results look promising.  The big news is that we…

In my previous post, I showed images of bEnd (P8) cells on PET and pnc-Si transwells.  These were seeded at 105 cells/cm2 and grown for 14 days.  This post contains the TEER data.  I simply normalized all values to the Day 0 (no cells) resistance, so everything starts at 100%. This data for PET matches…

Biomicrofluidics. 2013 Mar;7(2):26501. Epub 2013 Mar 13. Review article: Fabrication of nanofluidic devices. Duan C, Wang W, Xie Q. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. Abstract Thanks to its unique features at the nanoscale, nanofluidics, the study and application of fluid flow in nanochannels/nanopores with at least one characteristic size…

This is a quick post on comparing the contact angle after ALD on pnc-Si with aluminum oxide vs the untreated material (+/- ozone). The hypothesis is that the angle should drop since Al2O3 is hygroscopic. The angles are 85°, 45°, 61°, and 50° for the untreated, ozone, Al2O3, and Al2O3 and ozone case, respectively. These…