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Electronic Materials, Volume 5, Issue 4

2024 December - 8 articles

Cover Story: In this work, we demonstrate the simple but versatile use of a helium ion microscope (HIM) for fabrication of conducting metallic nano and micro structures on arbitrary substrates. Thermally evaporated and highly insulating ultra-thin films of gold or silver that have a discontinuous nano-cluster morphology are used as a seed layer. This seed layer can be patterned by directly “drawing” on it with a low-energy focused helium-ion beam, forming conductive metallic lines and other patterns. This high-definition technique of direct writing with an ion beam, free from in vacuo catalytic or precursor chemistries, opens new opportunities for directly fabricating elements of conformal metallic nano circuits (interconnects, resistors, and contacts) on arbitrary organic or inorganic substrates, including those with highly curved surfaces. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,461 Views
10 Pages

Based on the minimum conduction band edge caused by the minimum channel potential resulting from the quasi-3D scaling theory and the 3D density of state (DOS) accompanied by the Fermi–Dirac distribution function on the source and drain sides, a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,007 Views
18 Pages

Polyimide-Based Dielectric Materials for High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage

  • Lingling Liu,
  • Li Li,
  • Shixian Zhang,
  • Wenhan Xu and
  • Qing Wang

Polyimide (PI) has received great attention for high-temperature capacitive energy storage materials due to its remarkable thermal stability, relatively high breakdown strength, strong mechanical properties, and ease of synthesis and modification. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,707 Views
10 Pages

Direct Writing of Metal Nanostructures with Focused Helium Ion Beams

  • Vladimir Bruevich,
  • Leila Kasaei,
  • Leonard C. Feldman and
  • Vitaly Podzorov

A helium ion microscope (HIM) with a focused He+-ion beam of variable flux and energy can be used as a tool for local nanoscale surface modification. In this work, we demonstrate a simple but versatile use of the HIM focused He ion beam to fabricate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
15,500 Views
44 Pages

Microchannel Heat Sinks—A Comprehensive Review

  • Usman Ghani,
  • Muhammad Anas Wazir,
  • Kareem Akhtar,
  • Mohsin Wajib and
  • Shahmir Shaukat

An efficient cooling system is necessary for the reliability and safety of modern microchips for a longer life. As microchips become smaller and more powerful, the heat flux generated by these chips per unit area also rises sharply. Traditional cooli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,434 Views
10 Pages

In this study, we investigated the density of states extraction method for atomic-deposited ZnO thin-film transistors (TFTs) by analyzing gate-dependent field-effect mobility. The atomic layer deposition (ALD) method offers ultra-thin and smooth ZnO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,047 Views
18 Pages

Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) hold great recycling value, but improper recycling can lead to environmental issues. This study combines pyrolysis and microwave technologies, leveraging the unique phenomenon where metal materials tend to “...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,653 Views
17 Pages

Power modules can occasionally be exposed to brief power peaks, causing overheating and premature failure of the power semiconductor devices. In order to overcome this issue without oversizing the module or its cooling system, this study aims to desi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,525 Views
15 Pages

Polymer Composites Containing Ionic Liquids: A Study of Electrical Conductivity

  • Ahmad Adlie Shamsuri,
  • Siti Nurul Ain Md. Jamil,
  • Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff and
  • Khalina Abdan

26 September 2024

Polymer composites are engineered materials that combine polymers with diverse fillers to enhance their physicochemical properties. The electrical conductivity of polymer composites is a vital characteristic that significantly broadens their use, par...

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