Conference paper
Fast FIB-milled Electron-transparent Microchips for in situ TEM Investigations
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark1
Nanointegration Group, NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2
NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3
Center for Electron Nanoscopy, Technical University of Denmark4
DTU Danchip, Technical University of Denmark5
In this work we present a fast approach to 50 nm resolution structures defined in a generic TEM-chip template in few minutes. While creating complex electrical and NEMS circuits for a specific insitu TEM experiment can be a cumbersome process, microchips with 100 nm thin flakes of single crystalline silicon and silicon nitride membrane templates suspended from the edge, can be patterned in less than 15 minutes using focused ion beam milling.
This approach allows a FIB-SEM user to create free-form NEMS structures for nanoresonators, actuators, heaters, resistors or other structures for insitu TEM devices or materials research using the same template. We demonstrate insitu environmental TEM analysis of Au film migration on silicon during resistive heating of a microbridge, and show how the conductance of focused ion beam milled single crystalline silicon nanowires can be adjusted insitu over two decades using a high current to recrystallise the structure.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2010 |
Proceedings: | 2010 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit |
Types: | Conference paper |
ORCIDs: | Lei, Anders , Petersen, Dirch Hjorth , Booth, Tim and Bøggild, Peter |