monolayers – TechConnect Briefs

Rapid Deposition of Graphene Layers in MxRAM Devices

Boerger B., Garcia S., VersuFLEX Technologies LLC, US

A novel, scalable method is presented for depositing ultra-thin micro/nano-coatings to 20 nm, or particles < 2m/min. A lab bench process tool based on this technique was built and is shown, applied to the challenge [...]

Directed Self Assembly: a Novel, High Speed Method of Nanocoating Ultra-thin Films and Monolayers of Particles

Powch G.A., Jain A.R., VersuFLEX Technologies LLC, US

A novel, practical fluidic method is presented for coating ultra-thin, ultra-uniform layers and realizing self-assembled monolayers of particles, into nanoscale in atmosphere and room temperature at rates scalable to web processes at >4 m/min. A [...]

Reliability of Self-assembled Hydropobic Coatings: Chemical Resistance and Mechanical Durability

Kobrin B., Zhang T., Grimes M.T., Chong K., Nowak R., Chinn J., Applied Microstructures, US

We report on hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers (SAM) with an improved chemical and mechanical stability on both Al and Si substrates. These improvements are obtained using a relatively new molecular vapor deposition method - MVDTM, which [...]

Structure-Function Relations in Self-Assembled Sphingolipids at Gas-Water Interfaces

Vaknin D., Ames Lab, and Iowa State University, US

The development in understanding cell membrane structure and function has been historically intertwined with that of the monomolecular Langmuir layer of amphiphiles at air-aqueous interfaces. Here, we present synchrotron structural studies of a variety of [...]