Dielectric Imaging of Fixed HeLa Cells by In-Liquid Scanning Dielectric Force Volume Microscopy
Mapping the dielectric properties of cells with nanoscale spatial resolution can be an important tool in nanomedicine and nanotoxicity analysis, which can complement structural and mechanical nanoscale measurements. Recently we have shown that dielectric
Martí Checa +4 more
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Nanoscale dielectric properties of insulating thin films: From single point measurements to quantitative images [PDF]
Dielectric relaxation (DR) has shown to be a very useful technique to study dielectric materials like polymers and other glass formers, giving valuable information about the molecular dynamics of the system at different length and time scales.
Alegría, Angel +6 more
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Electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) was used to directly probe surface potential in doped barium titanate semiconducting ceramics. EFM measurements were performed using noncontact scans at a constant tip-sample separation of 75 nm with varied bias ...
S. M. Gheno +2 more
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Capacitive Measurements of SiO2 Films of Different Thicknesses Using a MOSFET-Based SPM Probe
We utilized scanning probe microscopy (SPM) based on a metal-oxide-silicon field-effect transistor (MOSFET) to image interdigitated electrodes covered with oxide films that were several hundred nanometers in thickness.
Hoontaek Lee, Kumjae Shin, Wonkyu Moon
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Measurement of induced surface charges, contact potentials, and surface states in GaN by electric force microscopy [PDF]
We have studied molecular beam epitaxy grown GaN films of both polarities using electric force microscopy to detect sub 1 µm regions of charge density variations associated with GaN extended defects.
Bandić, Z. Z. +3 more
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Probing the dopant profile in nanoscale devices by low temperature electrostatic force microscopy
Probing dopant distributions in nanoscale devices may find important applications in failure analysis. In this work, we employed cryogenic electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) to probe the dopant distribution in a lateral nanoscale bipolar junction ...
Wanqing Wang +4 more
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Mapping the local dielectric constant of a biological nanostructured system
The aim of this work is to determine the varying dielectric constant of a biological nanostructured system via electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) and to show how this method is useful to study natural photonic crystals.
Wescley Walison Valeriano +6 more
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Investigating Size-Dependent Conductive Properties on Individual Si Nanowires
Periodically ordered arrays of vertically aligned Si nanowires (Si NWs) are successfully fabricated by nanosphere lithography combined with metal-assisted chemical etching.
X. F. Hu +4 more
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Electrostatic force microscopy for the accurate characterization of interphases in nanocomposites
The unusual properties of nanocomposites are commonly explained by the structure of their interphase. Therefore, these nanoscale interphase regions need to be precisely characterized; however, the existing high resolution experimental methods have not ...
Diana El Khoury +5 more
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Ohmic-to-Schottky Modification of Zno-Metal Contact Modulated by Film Thickness [PDF]
This work investigated the charge transport behavior at the interface between a Pt-Ir metal contact and transparent zinc oxide (ZnO) electrodes with one, four, and eight ZnO layers.
Raquele Lima Moreira +4 more
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