Award Abstract #0520891
MRI: Acquisition of a Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam System: Advancing Research and Education at Portland State Univ and at the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute

NSF Org:	ECCS Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems
Initial Amendment Date:	July 13, 2005
Latest Amendment Date:	July 13, 2005
Award Number:	0520891
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Rajinder P. Khosla ECCS Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems ENG Directorate for Engineering
Start Date:	July 15, 2005
Expires:	June 30, 2007 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$500000
Investigator(s):	Jun Jiao jiaoj@pdx.edu (Principal Investigator) Erik Sanchez (Co-Principal Investigator) Chunfei Li (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Portland State University 2121 SW Fourth Ave. portland, OR 97207 503/725-3423
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):	0206000 Telecommunications
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR,1189,0000
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

This proposal requests funds for the acquisition of a dual beam focused ion beam (FIB) system to support funded research and to advance nanomaterials and nanodevice development at Portland State University (PSU) and related institutions and industrial partners. The proposed instrument will be housed in the Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication (CEMN) at PSU. The CEMN is a multi-user facility consisting of a several state-of-the-art high resolution electron microscopes and a well equipped specimen preparation laboratory. It serves PSU's researchers and students and those from other universities and technical personnel from local high-tech companies. PSU's CEMN also serves as one of the research facilities for the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI: www.onami.us), a collaborative entity involving Oregon's public research universities including PSU, Oregon State University (OSU), and University of Oregon (UO); the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington; and several companies that are part of the world-leading high-tech industry cluster in Oregon and southwest Washington. The new instrument will allow researchers in ONAMI to fully apply their professional expertise by bringing in-situ nanofabrication and nanoimaging capabilities to the universities in Oregon. The advanced techniques provided by the dual beam FIB, which are currently not available at any university in Oregon, will enable ONAMI researchers to initiate many new nanoscience and nanotechnology related projects for a long time to come. In addition, it will stimulate and nurture interactions/collaborations among researchers across disciplines and different university campuses in Oregon, creating new partnerships through academic-industrial liaison research and improving the cross disciplinary education of graduate and undergraduate students of varied academic backgrounds. High school teachers from the Northwest will have the chance to get their hands on the new instrument and then bring the concepts of nanotechnology to their schools, helping to motivate future generations of scientists and engineers.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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C. Xu, S. Youkey, J. Wu, J. Jiao.  "Electrical Behavior of Ferromagnetic BiMn-Codoped ZnO Bicrystal Nanobelts to Pt Contacts,"  Journal of Physical Chemistry,  v.111 (33,  2007,  p. 12490-124.

D. McClain, J.F. Wu, N. Tavan, J. Jiao, C. M. McCarter, R. F. Richards, S. Mesarovic, C. D. Richards, D. F. Bahr.  "Electrostatic Shielding in Patterned Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Arrays,"  Journal of Physical Chemistry,  v.111,  2007,  p. 7514 -752.

J. Wu, M. Eastman, T. Gutu, M. Wyse and J. Jiao, S.-M. Kim, M. Mann, Y. Zhang and K.B.K. Teo.  "Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube-Based Nanodevices Using a Combination Technique of Focused Ion Beam and Plasma-enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition,"  Applied Physics Letters,  v.91,  2007,  p. 18.

J.F. Wu, L.F. Dong, C.C. Pan and J. Jiao.  "Fabrication and Electron Microscopy Characterization of Metal-Gated Carbon Nanotube Emitter Arrays,"  International Journal of Nanoscience,  v.5,  2006,  p. 579.

J.F. Wu, L.F. Dong, T. Gutu, J. Jones and J. Jiao.  "Electron Microscopy Study of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition,"  Proceedings of Microscopy and Microanalysis 2006,  v.12,  2006, 

J.F. Wu, T. Gutu, M. Eastman, M. Wyse, S.-M. Kim, Y. Zhang, K.B.K. Teo, W.I. Milne and J. Jiao.  "Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Characterization of As-Made CNTs,"  Proceedings of Microscopy and Microanalysis 2007,  v.13,  2007,  p. 742.

S-M Kim, Y Zhang, K B K Teo, M S Bell, L Gangloff, X Wang, W I Milne, J Wu, J Jiao and S-B Lee.  "SWCNT growth on Al/Fe/Mo investigated by in-situ Mass spectroscopy,"  Nanotechnology,,  v.18,  2007, 

T. Gutu, J.F Wu, C. Jeffryes, C. Chang, G.L. Rorrer, and J. Jiao.  "Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam and Transmission Electron Microscopies of Nanoscale Sectioned Diatom Frustules,"  Proceedings of Microscopy and Microanalysis 2007,  v.13,  2007,  p. 678.


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