Acquisition of Light Scattering and Electrophoresis Equipment for Studies on Nanasol Synthesis and Processing for Device Fabrication

Abstract

The DOD funds were used by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry of the University of Massachusetts for the acquisition of light scattering and electrophoresis instrumentation: (1) An electrophoresis and dynamic light scattering system for particle size and complete zeta potential/mobility measurements. (2) A light scattering system with a 2 watt Argon-ion laser and goniometer allowing rapid multiangle static and dynamic measurements for in-situ nucleation and growth studies. (3) An X-ray attenuation particle size for rapid particle size measurements down to 10nm with superior resolving capacity to complement the above instrumentation. The instrumentation is fully functional and located in Goessmann Laboratory at UMass in the laboratories of the PI's and is used for studies on Nucleation and Growth of Nanoparticles and Processing of Colloidal Nanophase Suspensions for Device Fabrication. Four graduate students are using the instrumentation for their PhD projects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 14, 1997
Accession Number
ADA336914

Entities

People

  • Dionisios G. Vlachos
  • Michael Tsapatsis
  • Robert L. Rowell

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Argon Lasers
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Detectors
  • Fabrication
  • Instrumentation
  • Ion Lasers
  • Light Scattering
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Scattering
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Directed Energy