MRI: A Focused Ion Beam System for Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research and Education

在主要研究仪器计划、宾夕法尼亚大学（物质结构研究实验室）、纳米技术研究所和Rohm and哈斯公司的支持下，FEI Strata DB 235聚焦离子束将安装在Penn MRSEC的Penn区域材料表征设施内。这种多功能仪器将通过对单个分子和分子组装体以及碳纳米管的原位实验来研究纳米级结构-性能关系。DB235采用增强型蚀刻模块，为聚合物和金属间化合物材料的纳米级机械性能研究提供了生产微小样品的关键能力。研究小组还将使用该仪器进行设备编辑操作，以有效地探索模拟人类功能的粒子探测器和探测器阵列的新电路设计。DB235的灵活性和自动化操作允许集成到教育计划中，在那里它将为NSF的本科生和高中教师教育计划做出贡献，并为Penn-Drexel-Community College NSF的纳米生物技术教育创新合作伙伴关系做出贡献。（物质结构研究实验室）、纳米技术研究所（NTI）和罗门和哈斯公司合作，将在宾夕法尼亚大学MRSEC安装FEI Strata DB 235聚焦离子束。DB235具有在纳米尺度下切割和蚀刻材料以及沉积纳米尺度导电特征的能力，将对纳米科学和纳米技术研究产生广泛的影响。DB235的灵活性和自动化操作将用于NSF资助的本科生和高中教师教育项目，以及Penn-Drexel NSF纳米生物技术教育创新合作伙伴关系。该仪器位于宾夕法尼亚州区域材料表征设施内，将向包括公司和学术机构在内的大型区域用户社区提供。通过NTI，DB235将由来自宾夕法尼亚大学、德雷克塞尔大学、宾夕法尼亚州立大学、坦普尔大学、韦塞尔大学和维拉诺瓦大学、托马斯杰斐逊大学、宾夕法尼亚大学和温伯医学院/研究所、儿童医院和哈弗福德学院的研究人员组成的研究小组使用。

With support from the Major Research Instrumentation program, the University of Pennsylvania (Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter), the Nanotechnology Institute and the Rohm and Haas Corporation, a FEI Strata DB235 Focused Ion Beam will be installed within the Penn Regional Materials Characterization Facility at the Penn MRSEC. This multi-functional instrument will enable research in nanoscale structure-property relationships via in-situ experiments on individual molecules and molecular assemblies, as well as carbon nanotubes. Using enhanced etching modules, the DB235 provides key capability for the production of minute specimens for the study of mechanical properties at the nanoscale in polymer and intermetallic materials. Research groups will also use the instrument to conduct device-editing operations to efficiently explore new circuit designs for particle detectors and detector arrays that mimic human function. The flexibility and automated operation of the DB235 allows integration into educational programs, where it will contribute to NSF education programs for undergraduates and high school teachers, and to the Penn-Drexel-Community College NSF Partnership for Innovation for nano-biotechnology education.With support from the Major Research Instrumentation program, the University of Pennsylvania (Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter), the Nanotechnology Institute (NTI) and the Rohm and Haas Corporation, a FEI Strata DB235 Focused Ion Beam will be installed at the Penn MRSEC. With capabilities for sectioning and etching materials at the nanoscale, and for the deposition of nanometer-scale conducting features, the DB235 will have a broad impact on nanoscience and nanotechnology research. The flexibility and automated operation of the DB235 will be used in NSF-funded education programs for undergraduates and high school teachers, and in the Penn-Drexel NSF Partnership for Innovation for nano-biotechnology education. Housed in the Penn Regional Materials Characterization Facility, the instrument will be available to a large regional community of users, including corporations and academic institutions. Through the NTI, the DB235 will be used by research teams comprised of researchers from Penn, Drexel, Penn State, Temple, Widener and Villanova Universities, Thomas Jefferson, Penn and Windber Medical Schools/Institutes, Children's Hospital and Haverford College.