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STTR Phase II: Diamond Nanoprobes for Atomic Force Microscopy - Imaging, Metrology, Material Property Measurement, Process Control, and Manipulation with Ultrahigh Performanc

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: 0823002
Agency Tracking Number: 0638030
Amount: $499,739.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: MI
Solicitation Number: NSF 06-553
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
429 B Weber Road # 286
Romeoville, IL 60446
United States
DUNS: 143371388
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 John Carlisle
 PhD
 (815) 293-0900
 carlisle@thindiamond.com
Business Contact
 John Carlisle
Title: PhD
Phone: (815) 293-0900
Email: carlisle@thindiamond.com
Research Institution
 University of Pennsylvania
 Robert Carpick
 
3451 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 6205
United States

 (215) 898-4608
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

This STTR Phase II project will develop commercially viable atomic force microscope (AFM) probes fabricated from ultrananocrystalline diamond. The project will refine the processes developed in Phase I and bring contact and non-contact all-diamond probes to market. Probes using conducting diamond that are chemically and electronically tunable and have superb tribological properties will also be developed. This work will facilitate new industrial applications for AFM, including high-throughput imaging, metrology, and characterization of large quantities of materials, local electrical characterization for process control in micro/nanoelectronics, nanomechanical characterization of MEMS/NEMS devices, and ultraprecise hard mask correction for the micro/nanolithography industry.

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