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Multi-User X-ray Diffraction System for Advanced Materials Analysis Robert J. Lad, University of Maine, DMR 0521043 Project Outcomes Education and research tool for 6 postdocs, >30 graduate students, 17 IGERT students, 6 GK/12 students, >20 REU and RET participants, and >25 undergraduate students; >20 publications and use in collaborative projects with numerous industry Example : X-ray diffraction analysis of Zr-Si-O-N thin films used as tough hard high temperature coatings, diffusion barriers in microelectronics, and optical coatings Project Summary A high resolution X-ray Diffraction (XRD) system is providing critical information about the structural properties of materials at the atomic, molecular, and nanometer scale. Specific measurement capabilities include phase analysis, reciprocal space mapping, pole figure analysis, reflectometry, rocking curve analysis, stress and texture analysis, and topography. Types of Materials Analyzed by XRD at UMaine zeolites and powder catalysts piezoelectric single crystals AlN/InN and Ni/TiO 2 multilayer structures poly-silicon and silver oxide films Pt-Rh alloy electrode structures

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Multi-User X-ray Diffraction System for Advanced Materials Analysis

Robert J. Lad, University of Maine, DMR 0521043

Project OutcomesEducation and research tool for 6 postdocs, >30 graduate students, 17 IGERT students, 6 GK/12 students, >20 REU and RET participants, and >25 undergraduate students; >20 publications and use in collaborative projects with numerous industry partners.

Example: X-ray diffraction analysis of Zr-Si-O-N thin films used as tough hard high temperature coatings,

diffusion barriers in microelectronics, and optical coatings

Project SummaryA high resolution X-ray Diffraction (XRD) system is providing critical information about the structural properties of materials at the atomic, molecular, and nanometer scale. Specific measurement capabilities include phase analysis, reciprocal space mapping, pole figure analysis, reflectometry, rocking curve analysis, stress and texture analysis, and topography.  

Types of Materials Analyzed by XRD at UMaine• zeolites and powder catalysts• piezoelectric single crystals• AlN/InN and Ni/TiO2 multilayer structures

• poly-silicon and silver oxide films• Pt-Rh alloy electrode structures• As-S-Se and metal oxide gas sensing films• oxynitride wear resistant coatings • wood/carbon fiber composites • carbon nanotubes • cellulose films and fibers • nanoporous inorganic membranes

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IMPACT on the State of Maine

Maine Economic Development via Industry Collaborations and Technology Transfer

Educational Training of Maine’s Next Generation Workforce

XRD Use for Educational ProgramsExpanding Your Horizons

Maine Principals Association Science FairResearch Experience for Undergraduates (NSF)

Research Experience for Teachers (NSF)IGERT Sensor Engineering Informatics (NSF)

IGERT Functional Genomics (NSF)GK-12 Sensors! (NSF)

Bates College ChemistryConsider Engineering

Nanoscience Day

XRD Use by Maine Industrial Partners Ascendant Energy (Rockland, ME)

Applied Thermal Sciences (Sanford, ME) AVX Tantalum (Biddeford, ME)BiODE, Inc. (Westbrook, ME)

Environetix Technologies (Orono, ME)Fairchild Semiconductor (S. Portland, ME)

FHC Inc. (Bowdoin, ME)Flexplay Inc. (Saco, ME)

The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME)Maine Medical Research Institute (Scarborough, ME)

Mainely Sensors (Orono, ME)Marca Coating (Saco, ME)

Nanoscale Components Inc (Camden, ME)NanoSpire Inc. (Buxton, ME)

National Semiconductor (So. Portland, ME)Orono Spectral Solutions Inc. (Old Town, ME)Stillwater Scientific Instruments (Orono, ME)

Zeomatrix (Orono, ME)

Multi-User X-ray Diffraction System for Advanced Materials Analysis

Robert J. Lad, University of Maine, DMR 0521043