Acquisition of an Ion Miller for Transmission Electron Microscopy

该合同用于购买一台可进行化学辅助离子束刻蚀的离子磨光机，用于制备透射电子显微镜(TEM)材料。该离子米勒致力于材料工程方面的研究项目，包括：III-V半导体中原子扩散的表面控制；陶瓷的快速凝固；半导体层状结构的离子混合；外延生长的超晶格的界面表征；氧化物的化学合成；以及1.3微米波长的导波光学器件和材料。

This award is for the purchase of an ion miller, capable of chemically-assisted ion-beam etching, to be used for the preparation of materials for Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). This ion miller is dedicated to research projects in materials engineering including: the surface control of atomic diffusion in III-V semiconductors; rapid solidification of ceramics; ion mixing of semiconductor layered structures; interface characterization of epitaxially grown superlattices; chemical synthesis of oxides; and guided wave optical devices and materials at the 1.3 micron wavelengths.