Making and measuring nanostructures: Nanoscience and technology at the Singapore synchrotron light source

Abstract

Synchrotron radiation facilities are natural places for nanoscience and technology as they may be used for both micro-and nanomanufacturing and the analytic characterization of nanoscale samples. The Singapore Synchrotron Light Source is conducting work in both fields. Examples given refer to the micro-and nanomanufacturing of the first electromagnetic metamaterials for the THz spectral range, the measurement of thin-film parameters such as thickness, density, and roughness in organic and inorganic nanoscale layer systems via X-ray reflectometry; the study of the atomic structure of the so-called carbon nanomesh that is formed through annealing of a SiC wafer at 1100°C by means of high-resolution X-ray photoemission spectroscopy; and the investigation of the chemical states of nanographite via X-ray absorption spectroscopy. © Nauka/Interperiodica 2006.