We have developed an integrated circuit for in situ monitoring and characterization of CMOS post-process micromachining. In our demonstration, the circuit provides automated readout of N-well resistors surrounding each of 140 micromachining test structures at up to 14,000 samples per second per device during the post-process silicon etch. We use this circuit to examine the effect of pit size, s...

Abstract. Spatiotemporal heterogeneities in the concentrations of alkaline gases and their particulate counterparts marine atmosphere over China's marginal seas were investigated terms causes chemical conversion during two winter cruise campaigns, using semi-continuous measurements made by an onboard URG-9000D Ambient Ion Monitor-Ion Chromatograph (AIM-IC, Thermo Fisher). During campaign East C...

The effect of small amounts of ruthenium on the formation of magnetite in highly alkaline media was investigated using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Mössbauer and FT-IR spectroscopies, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Acicular a-FeOOH particles precipitated in a highly alkaline medium with the addition of tetramethylammonium ...

BACKGROUND Termites are highly effective at degrading lignocelluloses, and thus can be used as a model for studying plant cell-wall degradation in biological systems. However, the process of lignin deconstruction and/or degradation in termites is still not well understood. METHODS We investigated the associated structural modification caused by termites in the lignin biomolecular assembly in ...

For radiation hardened image sensors, a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) -Si/ 4H-SiC hybrid pixel device was developed. The consists of one Si photodiode and three nMOSFETs. At fabrication, SOI substrate directly bonded on via SiO2. After bonding, the base silicon Buried Oxide (BOX) were removed by TMAH wet-etching. By using this SOI-Si/ substrate, SOI-Si photodiodes nMOSFETs integrated in same subst...