Refractive index‐modulated grating in two‐mode planar polymeric waveguide produced by two‐photon polymerization

A polymeric waveguide film was manufactured by spinning the materials on quartz substrate. Two‐photon‐initiated photopolymerization was carried out by tight‐focusing femtosecond laser pulses in the two‐mode planar waveguide. A typical index‐modulated grating of 2.5 × 2 mm areas without morphology was fabricated. The results show that peak‐to‐peak modulation depth of the surface profile of grating region was only about 7 nm. The diffraction efficiency (DE) of the grating with a spacing period 2 µm was 0.17% and the corresponding index modulation reached 5.7 × 10^?3. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Micropatterning of proteins on nanospheres

Currently micropatterning of proteins is mainly carried out on a planar substrate, which involves multi-step surface modifications directly on the substrate. Efficiency of chemical reactions is usually low, resulting in low signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and poor repeatability of results. Here we presented a micropatterning method using polystyrene nanospheres with non-planar surface as a solid support for attaching proteins, which introduces many advantages. The patterning of proteins was carried out in two approaches: one was to dispense polystyrene nanospheres into an array of microwells and then attach proteins onto the nanospheres, and another was to coat polystyrene nanospheres with proteins first and then deposit the spheres into the microwells. For both approaches, a uniform pattern of proteins was generated. The amount of proteins attached via nanospheres was much higher than that on planar surface.     

Study on the Uniformity of Microgrooves in Through-Mask Electrochemical Micromachining with Moving Cathode北大核心CSCD

As a typical surface texture, microgrooves have broad prospects in the fields of mechanical engineering, bio-medicine, new energy and efficient heat dissipation of electronic products. Through-mask electrochemical micromachining (TMEMM) is widely used in the fabrication of micro-structures because of high processing efficiency and no residual stress. However, due to the edge effect of current distribution, there is often a serious dimension discrepancy problem in electrochemical machining of micro-structures. In order to weaken the influence of edge effect on the uniformity of microgrooves, the method that TMEMM with a moving cathode is presented. The current distribution in the electrochemical machining is constantly changed by the movement of the cathode. Thus, the uniformity of the micro-structure is improved. The method is studied through the combination of simulation and experimental verification. Firstly, the electrochemical machining process of TMEMM was analyzed theoretically. The theoretical analysis results show that the depth of electrolytic etching is proportional to the current density of electrolytic machining. To change the uniformity of the electrochemical machining, the most important thing is to improve the uniformity of the current distribution. On this theoretical basis, the current distribution and anodic contour of microgroove array during TMEMM are simulated by using the COMSOL finite element analysis software. The simulation results indicate that, compared with the conventional TMEMM, the TMEMM with moving cathode can obtain the microgrooves array with more uniform size. Secondly, on the basis of numerical simulation, the TMEMM experiment was carried out. The experimental results indicate that the TMEMM method of moving cathode can effectively improve the size uniformity of microgroove array. It can be observed by microscope that the microgroove array obtained by TMEMM with a moving cathode had good structural morphology and higher uniformity. Compared with conventional TMEMM, the uniformity of TMEMM with moving cathode has been improved by 68.3%. At the same time, under different experimental conditions, the trend of unevenness of microgroove array was calculated. With the increase of the distance between the cathode and anode, the microgroove depth heterogeneity showed a tendency of first decreasing and then increasing, when the distance between anode and cathode is about 1.3 mm, the unevenness of microgroove array reaches the minimum point. With the increases of cathode width and cathode speed, the depth inhomogeneities of microgroove increase and decrease gradually, respectively. The simulation results are basically consistent with the experimental results. It can be seen that the TMEMM with the moving cathode method can greatly improve the size uniformity. © 2021 Authors. All rights reserved.     

移动阴极式掩膜电解加工微沟槽阵列均匀性研究

掩膜电解加工是一种高效率、大规模加工微结构的特种加工方法。然而,由于电流分布的边缘效应,在微结构的掩膜电解加工过程中往往存在着严重的加工尺寸不一致问题。针对这一问题,本文提出了一种移动阴极式掩膜电解加工方法。首先,利用COMSOL有限元分析软件对微沟槽阵列掩膜电解加工过程中的电流分布和阳极轮廓形状进行了数值仿真。仿真结果表明,相对于常规阴极结构的掩膜电解加工,采用移动阴极结构的掩膜电解加工方法能够获得尺寸更加均匀的微沟槽阵列结构。其次,在数值仿真的基础上,开展了掩膜电解加工实验研究。实验结果表明,移动阴极式掩膜电解加工方法能够有效地改善微沟槽阵列加工的尺寸均匀性。相对于常规阴极结构的掩膜电解加工过程,移动阴极式掩膜电解加工微沟槽阵列的均匀性提高了68.3%,并且随着阴阳极间距的增大,微沟槽深度不均匀度呈现出先减小后增大的趋势。随着阴极宽度的增大,微沟槽深度不均匀度逐渐增大;随着阴极移动速度的增大,微沟槽深度不均匀度逐渐减小,仿真与实验结果趋势一致。     

有机半导体图案化成膜中的马兰戈尼与咖啡环效应协同作用

有机场效应晶体管在柔性传感和显示驱动应用中展示出极大的潜力,但在大面积制备高性能有机薄膜及有机场效应晶体管方面仍面临大的挑战。本文介绍了一种利用等离子处理和马兰戈尼-咖啡环效应协同作用来图案化生长有机半导体薄膜的方法。经过对等离子体处理时间、混合溶剂的比例及溶液浓度等生长条件优化,在5 cm×5 cm的基片上得到了覆盖性较为完整的2,7-二辛基[1]苯并噻吩并[3,2-b]苯并噻吩(C8-BTBT)薄膜阵列。基于此薄膜构筑了底栅顶接触晶体管阵列,器件的平均迁移率达到7.9 cm~2·V~(-1)·s~(-1),阈值电压均小于-2 V,开关电流比大于10~4。本工作对未来大面积制备高性能有机半导体薄膜及晶体管具有一定的借鉴意义。     

Chemical force titrations of amine- and sulfonic acid-modified poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Chemical force titrations-measurements of the adhesive interaction between a pair of suitably chemically modified atomic force microscopy (AFM) tip and sample surfaces as a function of pH-have been carried out for various combinations of silanol, amine, carboxylic acid, and sulfonic acid functional groups on both tip and sample. The primary surface material studied was poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). Surface modification was carried out using a plasma oxidation process to form silanol sites; further modification with amine or sulfonic acid sites was carried out by reaction of the silanol sites with the appropriate trialkoxysilane derivative. AFM tips were also modified using trialkoxysilane compounds. In the cases of tip/sample combinations with the same functional group on each, surface pK(1/2) values could be determined. In several "mixed" tip/sample combinations, a peak appeared in the titration curve midway between the surface pK(1/2) values of the tip and sample, consistent with an ionic H-bonding model for the interactions. The amine/sulfonic acid pair showed more complex behavior; the amine-terminated tip/sulfonic acid-terminated PDMS surface force titration curve consisted of two peaks centered at pH 4 and pH 8. Reversing the tip/sample pair resulted in the peak positions being shifted upward by 1.0 pH unit. The peak appearing at lower pH is assigned to electrostatic interactions between the two oppositely charged surfaces, whereas the higher pH peak is believed to arise due to ionic H-bonding interactions. AFM images show the effects on surface patterning of amine- and sulfonic acid-modified PDMS surfaces that have undergone two different oxidation methods (air plasma oxidation and Tesla coil oxidation). The surface morphologies of freshly prepared and 24 h aged air plasma oxidized PDMS are also discussed in this study.     

Study on microarc oxidation of AZ31B magnesium alloy in alkaline metal silicate solution

The effects of pulsating current and voltage sources with different magnitudes on an oxide film formed by microarc oxidation (MAO) of AZ31B magnesium alloy in alkaline metal silicate solution were investigated. The thickness of an oxide film increased with increasing current source but the uniformity of the surface of an oxide film became worse. The unstable oxidation process represented by fluctuating voltage established across an oxide film was discussed and related to the surface roughness and the melting down of magnesium alloy. By comparing the surface of an oxide film a pulsating current source produced more uniform oxide film on magnesium alloy than a pulsating voltage source.     

Fabrication of multicolor patterns with a single dye species on a polymer surface

Multicolored patterns can be fabricated by evaporating a single dye species on a prepatterned polymer substrate. The ratios of dye to polymer are different on protrusion and recess areas of the prepatterned surface, which can result in different aggregates and emissions. The polymer substrate was prepatterned using nanoimprint lithography (NIL) without any further process. This method may provide a facile route for fabricating large-area multicolored patterns.     

Plasma Characteristics and Antenna Electrical Characteristics of an Internal Linear Inductively Coupled Plasma Source with a Multi-Polar Magnetic Field

The development of a large-area plasma source with high density plasmas is desired for a variety of plasma processes from microelectronics fabrication to flat panel display device fabrication. In this study, a novel internal-type linear inductive antenna referred to as “double comb-type antenna” was used for a large-area plasma source with the substrate area of 880 mm × 660 mm and the effect of plasma confinement by applying multi-polar magnetic field was investigated. High density plasmas on the order of 3.2 × 10¹¹ cm^?3 which is 50% higher than that obtained for the source without the magnetic field could be obtained at the pressure of 15 mTorr Ar and at the inductive power of 5,000 W with good plasma stability. The plasma uniformity <3% could be also obtained within the substrate area. When SiO₂ film was etched using the double comb-type antenna, the average etch rate of about 2,100 Å/min could be obtained with the etch uniformity of 5.4% on the substrate area using 15 mTorr SF₆, 5,000 W of rf power, and ?34 V of dc-bias voltage. The higher plasma density with an excellent uniformity and a lower rf antenna voltage obtained by the application of the magnetic field are related to the electron confinement in a direction normal to the antenna line.     

Molecular electron transfer of protein junctions characterised by conducting atomic force microscopy

The transport characteristics of the blue copper metalloprotein, azurin, have been characterised by conducting atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) at molecular level. Tunnel junctions have been constructed by sandwiching chemisorbed protein molecules between a conducting AFM tip and a planar conducting substrate. Asymmetric current curves with respect to the polarity of the bias (I–V) have been observed. The modulation of I–V behaviour with compressional force has been examined and is described by a modified Simmons model within which both tunnel distance (protein dimensions) and tunnel barrier are modulated. The modified Simmons formula, which considered unequal Fermi level shifts on two electrodes as being responsible for the asymmetric I–V curves, accurately describes the behaviour observed.     

Scanning photoemission spectromicroscopic study of 4-nm ultrathin SiO(3.4) protrusions probe-induced on the native SiO(2) layer

Atomic force microscopy probe-induced large-area ultrathin SiO(x) (x ≡ O/Si content ratio and x > 2) protrusions only a few nanometers high on a SiO(2) layer were characterized by scanning photoemission microscopy (SPEM) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). SPEM images of the large-area ultrathin SiO(x) protrusions directly showed the surface chemical distribution and chemical state specifications. The peak intensity ratios of the XPS spectra of the large-area ultrathin SiO(x) protrusions provided the elemental quantification of the Si 2p core levels and Si oxidation states (such as the Si(4+), Si(3+), Si(2+), and Si(1+) species). The O/Si content ratio (x) was evidently determined by the height of the large-area ultrathin SiO(x) protrusions.     

Modelling of director equilibrium states in a nematic cell with relief surface

We study two-dimensional equilibrium configurations of nematic liquid crystal (NLC) director in a cell bounded by two parallel surfaces. One surface is planar and the other one is spatially modulated. The relief of the modulated surface is described by a smooth periodic sine-like function. The orientation of NLC director easy axis is assumed to be homeotropic at one cell surface and planar at the other one. The NLC director anchoring with cell surfaces is assumed to be strong. We consider the case where disclination lines occur in the bulk of NLC above the extrema of the modulated surface. These disclination lines run along the crests and troughs of the surface relief. If the orientation of director at both bounding surfaces is of the same type, then NLC director field is continuous. For both configurations mentioned above (with defects and without defects), we obtain analytical expressions for director distribution in the bulk of NLC in the approximation of planar director deformations. Equilibrium distances from disclination lines to the spatially modulated surface are calculated when the defects occur. The dependences of these equilibrium distances on the period and depth of surface relief and the cell thickness are investigated in detail.     

Hypersonic evanescent waves generated with a planar spiral coil

A planar spiral coil has been used to induce hypersonic evanescent waves in a quartz substrate with the unique ability to focus the acoustic wave down onto the chemical recognition layer. These special sensing conditions were achieved by investigating the application of a radio frequency current to a coaxial waveguide and spiral coil, so that wideband repeating electrical resonance conditions could be established over the MHz to GHz frequency range. At a selected operating frequency of 1.09 GHz, the evanescent wave depth of a quartz crystal hypersonic resonance is reduced to 17 nm, minimising unwanted coupling to the bulk fluid. Verification of the validity of the hypersonic resonance was carried out by characterising the system electrically and acoustically: Impedance calculations of the combined coil and coaxial waveguide demonstrated an excellent fit to the measured data, although above 400 MHz a transition zone was identified where unwanted impedance is parasitic of the coil influence efficiency, so the signal-to-noise ratio is reduced from 3000 to 300. Acoustic quartz crystal resonances at intervals of precisely 13.2138 MHz spacing, from the 6.6 MHz ultrasonic range and onto the desired hypersonic range above 1 GHz, were incrementally detected. Q factor measurements demonstrated that reductions in energy lost from the resonator to the fluid interface were consistent with the anticipated shrinkage of the evanescent wave with increasing operating frequency. Amplitude and frequency reduction in contact with a glucose solution was demonstrated at 1.09 GHz. The complex physical conditions arising at the solid-liquid interface under hypersonic entrainment are discussed with respect to acceleration induced slippage, rupture, longitudinal and shear radiation and multiphase relaxation affects.     

Study of Internal Linear Inductively Coupled Plasma Source for Ultra Large-Scale Flat Panel Display Processing

An internal-type linear inductive antenna, which is referred to as “double comb-type antenna”, was used as a large-area inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source with a substrate area of 2,300 mm × 2,000 mm. The characteristics of the ICP source were investigated for potential applications to flat panel display (FPD) processing. The source showed higher power transfer efficiency at higher RF power and higher operating pressures. The power transfer efficiency was approximately 88.1% at 9 kW of RF power and a pressure of 20 mTorr Ar. This source showed increasing plasma density and improved plasma uniformity with increasing RF power at a given operating pressure. A plasma density >1.5 × 10¹¹/cm³ and a plasma uniformity of approximately 11% was obtained at 9 kW of RF power and 15 mTor Ar using this internal ICP source, which is applicable to FPD processing.     

超亲疏水图案改善阵列芯片质量

本文提出在超疏水表面加工超亲水圆点图案为阵列基底制作免疫蛋白微阵列, 从而减轻“咖啡环效应”, 改善阵列芯片质量.     

A magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy system using a microfluidically cryo-cooled planar coil

We present the development of a microfluidically cryo-cooled planar coil for magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy. Cryogenically cooling radiofrequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the experiment. Conventional cryostats typically use a vacuum gap to keep samples to be imaged, especially biological samples, at or near room temperature during cryo-cooling. This limits how close a cryo-cooled coil can be placed to the sample. At the same time, a small coil-to-sample distance significantly improves the MR imaging capability due to the limited imaging depth of planar MR microcoils. These two conflicting requirements pose challenges to the use of cryo-cooling in MR microcoils. The use of a microfluidic based cryostat for localized cryo-cooling of MR microcoils is a step towards eliminating these constraints. The system presented here consists of planar receive-only coils with integrated cryo-cooling microfluidic channels underneath, and an imaging surface on top of the planar coils separated by a thin nitrogen gas gap. Polymer microfluidic channel structures fabricated through soft lithography processes were used to flow liquid nitrogen under the coils in order to cryo-cool the planar coils to liquid nitrogen temperature (-196 °C). Two unique features of the cryo-cooling system minimize the distance between the coil and the sample: (1) the small dimension of the polymer microfluidic channel enables localized cooling of the planar coils, while minimizing thermal effects on the nearby imaging surface. (2) The imaging surface is separated from the cryo-cooled planar coil by a thin gap through which nitrogen gas flows to thermally insulate the imaging surface, keeping it above 0 °C and preventing potential damage to biological samples. The localized cooling effect was validated by simulations, bench testing, and MR imaging experiments. Using this cryo-cooled planar coil system inside a 4.7 Tesla MR system resulted in an average image SNR enhancement of 1.47 ± 0.11 times relative to similar room-temperature coils.     

An additive-free electrochemical route to rapid synthesis of large-area copper nano-octahedra on gold film substrates

We report the first fabrication of large-area Cu nano-octahedra with well-defined shape, good monodispersity and uniform distribution on a gold film substrate (GFS) by a very simple, rapid and cost-effective low-potential electrodeposition (LPED) technique. Different from general surfactant-assisted electrochemical approaches, LPED is an additive-free strategy that exploits the subtle surface energy differences among various crystallographic planes of metals themselves. The size of the octahedra depends on deposition time and is adjustable over a wide range. The shape evolution is found to be remarkably different from that of octahedral particles formed in solution. A formation mechanism is proposed for the unique evolution of Cu octahedra as resulting from the anisotropic growth under appropriate applied potentials.     

Contact instability of thin elastic films on patterned substrates

The free surface of a soft elastic film becomes unstable and forms an isotropic labyrinth pattern when a rigid flat plate is brought into adhesive contact with the film. These patterns have a characteristic wavelength, lambda approximately 3H, where H is the film thickness. We show that these random structures can be ordered, modulated, and aligned by depositing the elastic film (cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane) on a patterned substrate and by bringing the free surface of the film in increasing adhesive contact with a flat stamp. Interestingly, the influence of the substrate "bleeds" through the film to its free surface. It becomes possible to generate complex two-dimensional ordered structures such as an array of femtoliter beakers even by using a simple one-dimensional stripe patterned substrate when the instability wavelength, lambda approximately 3H, nearly matches the substrate pattern periodicity. The free surface morphology is modulated in situ by merely varying the stamp-surface separation distance. The free surface structures originating from the elastic contact instability can also be made permanent by the UV-ozone induced oxidation and stiffening.     

电氧化甲酸反应体系的随机共振调制

采用甲酸电氧化的反应模型对随机共振的调制进行了研究。反应模型中有驱动电流和CO的饱和覆盖率两个控制参量。当弱信号和噪声同时作用于驱动电流时,固定信号强度,体系输出的脉冲间隔分布可以在合适的噪声强度时最有序,表明出现了随机共振现象。对CO的饱和覆盖率施加周期性信号的作用可以对随机共振行为进行调制,调制的结果取决于调制信号的周期及初相位。     

乙二胺在化学沉积Ni-B合金中的机理

研究乙二胺稳定剂对化学镀N i-B合金沉积速率和镀液稳定性的影响.实验表明,少量乙二胺可改善镀液的稳定性.镀液的电化学测试发现,乙二胺对体系的阳极过程和阴极过程均有影响,还原剂的氧化电流和合金的还原电流均随乙二胺加入量的增加而减少.红外光谱显示乙二胺附在镍基体表面发生化学吸附,从而抑制了还原剂的氧化,降低N i-B化学沉积速率(稳定了镀液).