Introduction to NanotechnologyMarch 10, 2007

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Some things we will discuss:

• How big are nanostructuresScaling down to the nanoscale

• How are nanostructures made?Fabrication, synthesis, manufacturing

• How do we see them?Imaging and property characterization

• Why do we care?Applications to science, technology and society

Introduction to NanotechnologyMarch 10, 2007

Why do we want to make things small?

• To make products smaller, cheaper, faster and better by "scaling" them down. (Electronics, catalysts, water purification, solar cells, coatings, life-science, etc)

• To introduce new physical phenomena for science and technology. (Quantum behavior and other effects.)

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications.

1 nanometer = 1 x 10-9 m

nano.gov

How small are nanostructures?

Single Hair

Width = 0.1 mm

= 100 micrometers

= 100,000 nanometers !

1 nanometer = one billionth (10-9) meter

Smaller still

Hair

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Red blood cell

6,000 nanometersDNA

3 nanometers

An Early Nanotechnologist?

Excerpt from Letter of Benjamin Franklin to William Brownrigg (Nov. 7, 1773)

...At length being at Clapham, where there is, on the Common, a large Pond ... I fetched out a Cruet of Oil, and dropt a little of it on the Water. I saw it spread itself with surprising Swiftness upon the Surface ... the Oil tho' not more than a Tea Spoonful ... which spread amazingly, and extended itself gradually till it reached the Lee Side, making all that Quarter of the Pond, perhaps half an Acre, as smooth as a Looking Glass....

... the Oil tho' not more than a Tea Spoonful ...

... perhaps half an Acre

CHALLENGE: How thick was the film of oil?

Volume = (Area)(Thickness)

V = A t

It can be determined that the thickness is around 1 nanometer

—> ACTIVITY with Oleic Acid

An Early Nanotechnologist!

A monolayer film (single layer of molecules)

~1 nm thick

Langmuir film

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LangmuirFilm pressure

e.g., steric acid

monolayer filmwater

hydrophilic end

hydrophobic end

of an amphiphilicmolecule

Langmuir-Blodgett FilmMust control movablebarrier to keep constantpressure

multiple dips -multiple layers

"Optical Lever"

To determine amplification factor, use the concept of similar triangles

laser pointer

"Optical Lever"

y1

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y2

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y2 =x2

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For example, if the laser pointer is 2" long, and the wall is 17' (204") away,

€

y2 =204

2y1 ≈100y1 Motion amplified

by 100 times!

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"Optical Lever" for Profilometry

cantilever

laser

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"Optical Lever" for Profilometry

cantilever

laser

Long light path and a short cantilever gives large amplification

Scanning probe microscope

Surface

Vibrating Cantilever

PS/PEO

AFM image

µm(large )

Laser Beam

AFM, STM, MFM, others

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AFM Cantilever Chip AFM Instrument Head

Laser Beam Path Cantilever Deflection

More on Nanotechnology

From DOE

A Few Nanostructures Made at UMass100 nm dots 70 nm nanowires 200 nm rings

12 nm pores 14 nm dots

13 nm rings 25 nm honeycomb14 nm nanowires

18 nm pores

150 nm holes

"Nano"

• Nanoscale - at the 1-100 nm scale, roughly• Nanostructure - an object that has nanoscale

features• Nanoscience - the behavior and properties of

nanostructures• Nanotechnology - the techniques for making and

characterizing nanostructures and putting them to use

• Nanomanufacturing - methods for producing nanostructures in reliable and commercially viable ways

Nanotechnology R&D is interdisciplinary and impacts many industries

• Physics• Chemistry• Biology• Materials Science• Polymer Science• Electrical Engineering• Chemical Engineering• Mechanical Engineering• Medicine• And others

• Electronics• Materials• Health/Biotech• Chemical• Environmental• Energy• Aerospace• Automotive• Security• Forest products• And others

Making Small SmallerAn Example: Electronics-Microprocessors

ibm.com

Electronics Keeps On Getting BetterMoore's "Law": Number of Transistors per Microprocessor Chip

intel.com

Since the 1980's electronics has been a leading commercial driver for nanotechnology R&D, but other areas (materials, biotech, energy, etc) are of significant and growing importance.

Some have been around for a very long time:• Stained glass windows (Venice, Italy) - gold nanoparticles• Photographic film - silver nanoparticles• Tires - carbon black nanoparticles• Catalytic converters - nanoscale coatings of platinum and palladium

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"Biggest science initiative since the Apollo program"

nano.gov

National Nanotechnology InitiativeProgram Component Areas (2007 Federal Budget)1.Fundamental Nanoscale Phenomena and Processes2.Nanomaterials3.Nanoscale Devices and Systems4.Instrumentation Research, Metrology and Standards for Nanotechnology5.Nanomanufacturing6.Major Research Facilities and Instrumentation Acquisition7.Societal Dimensions

Making Nanostructures: Nanofabrication

• Top down versus bottom up methods

•Lithography•Deposition•Etching•Machining

•Chemical•Self-Assembly

Lithography

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(Using a stencil or mask)

Making a microscopic mask

Silicon crystal

Polymer film

Electron Beam

Nanoscopic Mask !

Example: Electron-Beam Lithography

Lithography

IBMCopperWiringOn aComputerChip

PatternedSeveral Times

NANOFABRICATION BY SELF ASSEMBLY

Block “A” Block “B”

10% A 30% A 50% A 70% A 90% A

~10 nm

Ordered Phases

PMMA PS

Scale set by molecular size

One Example: Diblock Copolymers

CORE CONCEPT FOR NANOFABRICATION Deposition

Template

EtchingMask

NanoporousMembrane

Remove polymerblock within cylinders(expose and develop)

Versatile, self-assembling, nanoscale lithographic system

(physical orelectrochemical)

DEVELOPMENT OF NANOFABRICATIONTECHNIQUES FOR PLASMONIC ARRAYS

template dots

rings holescylinders

How do we see nanostructures?

• A light microscope? Helpful, but cannot resolve below 1000 nm

• An electron microscope? Has a long history of usefulness at the nanoscale

• A scanning probe microscope? A newer tool that has advanced imaging

Television Set

eye

electron beam

TV screen

Light !electronsource

prelim.

Scanning Electron Microscope

SAMPLE

ElectronBeam

DETECTOR

Scanning probe microscope

Surface

Vibrating Cantilever

PS/PEO

AFM image

µm(large )

Laser Beam

AFM, STM, MFM, others

Image of Nickel AtomsSTM

Pushing Atoms Around

STM