CD-SEM, the workhorse metrology tool used by fabs for process control, is facing big challenges at 5nm and below. Traditionally, CD-SEM imaging has relied on a limited number of image frames for ...
A focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) equipped with a compact time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer (ToF-SIMS) 1,2 and traditional energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy ...
Nanofibers have gained significant attention for different applications, such as barrier fabrics and high-efficiency filters. In biomedical applications, nanofibers have been used as drug delivery ...
Scanning electron microscope images of trona found in samples of the asteroid Bennu returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. Trona is water-bearing sodium carbonate, also known commonly as soda ash.
Graphene is a material that has a one-atom layer of carbon atoms with a thickness of only 335 pm. It can be modified using oxidization and functionalization. For example, graphene gains properties ...
Scanning electron microscope image of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium, destroyed by nanopillars, on a cicada wing. Scale bar is 1 micrometer. Credit: Yutao Chen. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!