scholarly journals Formation and electrical characterization of black lipid membranes in porous filter materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 214 (9) ◽  
pp. 1700104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Aminipour ◽  
Mehran Khorshid ◽  
Mariam Bayoumi ◽  
Patricia Losada-Pérez ◽  
Ronald Thoelen ◽  
...  
Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1090-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tsemperouli ◽  
Kaori Sugihara

We report a platform based on lateral nano-black lipid membranes (nano-BLMs), where electrical measurements and fluorescence microscopy setup are combined, for the calibration of di-4-ANEPPS, a common voltage sensitive dye (VSD).


1983 ◽  
Vol 38 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 664-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Schreibmayer ◽  
H. Hagauer ◽  
H. A. Tritthart

Abstract A pore from guinea pig heart mitochondria has been incorporated into BLM's (Black lipid membranes) in a highly oriented manner and its electrical properties studied. The pore shows multistate behaviour, the distribution of the pore between different conducting states being very sensitive to voltage. This has been proven by computation of single-pore experiments. Highest single pore conductance was 4.5 nSi in 1 ᴍ KCl, independent of voltage and with no detectable preference for cations or anions. The pore from guinea pig heart mitochondria reacts more sensitivly to voltage than pores of mitochondria from other tissues so far incorporated into BLM's.


Author(s):  
Neng-Bo He ◽  
S.W. Hui

Monolayers and planar "black" lipid membranes have been widely used as models for studying the structure and properties of biological membranes. Because of the lack of a suitable method to prepare these membranes for electron microscopic observation, their ultrastructure is so far not well understood. A method of forming molecular bilayers over the holes of fine mesh grids was developed by Hui et al. to study hydrated and unsupported lipid bilayers by electron diffraction, and to image phase separated domains by diffraction contrast. We now adapted the method of Pattus et al. of spreading biological membranes vesicles on the air-water interfaces to reconstitute biological membranes into unsupported planar films for electron microscopic study. hemoglobin-free human erythrocyte membrane stroma was prepared by hemolysis. The membranes were spreaded at 20°C on balanced salt solution in a Langmuir trough until a surface pressure of 20 dyne/cm was reached. The surface film was repeatedly washed by passing to adjacent troughs over shallow partitions (fig. 1).


1981 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Stultz ◽  
J. F. Gibbons

ABSTRACTStructural and electrical characterization of laser recrystallized LPCVD silicon films on amorphous substrates using a shaped cw laser beam have been performed. In comparing the results to data obtained using a circular beam, it was found that a significant increase in grain size can be achieved and that the surface morphology of the shaped beam recrystallized material was much smoother. It was also found that whereas circular beam recrystallized material has a random grain structure, shaped beam material is highly oriented with a <100> texture. Finally the electrical characteristics of the recrystallized film were very good when measured in directions parallel to the grain boundaries.


2011 ◽  
Vol E94-C (2) ◽  
pp. 157-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masakazu MUROYAMA ◽  
Ayako TAJIRI ◽  
Kyoko ICHIDA ◽  
Seiji YOKOKURA ◽  
Kuniaki TANAKA ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
E. Hendarto ◽  
S.L. Toh ◽  
J. Sudijono ◽  
P.K. Tan ◽  
H. Tan ◽  
...  

Abstract The scanning electron microscope (SEM) based nanoprobing technique has established itself as an indispensable failure analysis (FA) technique as technology nodes continue to shrink according to Moore's Law. Although it has its share of disadvantages, SEM-based nanoprobing is often preferred because of its advantages over other FA techniques such as focused ion beam in fault isolation. This paper presents the effectiveness of the nanoprobing technique in isolating nanoscale defects in three different cases in sub-100 nm devices: soft-fail defect caused by asymmetrical nickel silicide (NiSi) formation, hard-fail defect caused by abnormal NiSi formation leading to contact-poly short, and isolation of resistive contact in a large electrical test structure. Results suggest that the SEM based nanoprobing technique is particularly useful in identifying causes of soft-fails and plays a very important role in investigating the cause of hard-fails and improving device yield.


Author(s):  
Randal Mulder ◽  
Sam Subramanian ◽  
Tony Chrastecky

Abstract The use of atomic force probe (AFP) analysis in the analysis of semiconductor devices is expanding from its initial purpose of solely characterizing CMOS transistors at the contact level with a parametric analyzer. Other uses found for the AFP include the full electrical characterization of failing SRAM bit cells, current contrast imaging of SOI transistors, measuring surface roughness, the probing of metallization layers to measure leakages, and use with other tools, such as light emission, to quickly localize and identify defects in logic circuits. This paper presents several case studies in regards to these activities and their results. These case studies demonstrate the versatility of the AFP. The needs and demands of the failure analysis environment have quickly expanded its use. These expanded capabilities make the AFP more valuable for the failure analysis community.


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