A fluid-mechanical model is developed for the float-polishing process. In this model laminar flow between the sample and the lap results in pressure gradients at the grooves that support the sample on a fluid layer. The laminar fluid motion also produces supersmooth, damage-free surfaces. Quartz substrates for applications in high-stress environments were float polished, and their surfaces were...

Abstract Recommendations are given concerning the terminology of concepts and methods used in spectroscopy analytical chemistry, covering nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, atomic vibrational spectroscopy.

more than 30 mineral elements have been found with different key functions in helping plants and animals to survive and live healthy. as a direct result, they have always attracted the attention of scientists. the quest is to find some efficient analytical and quantitative procedures in this study to determine some mineral and trace elements of iranian crocus sativus l. corms. several studies h...

the interaction between dmso and alkaline earth perchlorates in anhydrous acetonitrile was investigated by ft-ir spectroscopy. a quantitative study was performed to determine the average number of bonded dmso molecules using v (so) and v (c-s) vibrations. changes in coordination numbers were observed both with increasing atomic numbers and the solvent composition. none of the investigated syste...

Presently, among the most demanding applications for highly sensitive magnetometers are Magnetocardiography (MCG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG), where sensitivities of around 1pT.Hz -1/2 and 1fT.Hz -1/2 are required. Cryogenic Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are currently used as the magnetometers. However, there has been some recent work on replacing these devices with...

Various sputter–anneal treatments in-vacuum were applied to cleaved Cd0.9Zn0.1Te(110) surfaces. The morphology, stoichiometry, orientation and the atomic structures were investigated on ‘‘as-cleaved” as well as on sputter–annealed surfaces. The studies were conducted by in-situ scanning probe microscopy, in scanning tunneling and atomic force modes, lowand reflection high-energy electron diffra...

N+-bombarded multi-walled carbon nanotubes (N+-bombarded MWCNTs), with different nitrogen atomic percentages, were achieved by different N ion beam currents using ion beam-assisted deposition (IBAD) on MWCNTs synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Characterizations of N+-bombarded MWCNTs were evaluated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), R...

A NOVEL INTEGRATED PLATFORM COMBINING ATOMIC FORCEMICROSCOPY AND FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPYby

have continued to use the same analytical system (that is, the same sample preparation and decomposition methods, with atomic absorption spectroscopy as the final determination step) to determine 13 elements in stream and lake sediments collected for the RGS program. In the early 1980s, simultaneous determination of 30 elements or more by inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy (ICP-ES...