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Focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) is a powerful technique for 3D-printing of complex nanodevices. However, for resolutions below 10 nm, it struggles to control size, morphology and composition of the structures, due to a lack…
Focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) is a direct-write method for the fabrication of nanostructures whose lateral resolution rivals that of advanced electron lithography but is in addition capable of creating complex…
The growth of iron-containing nanostructures in the process of focused electron beam-induced deposition (FEBID) of Fe(CO)$_5$ is studied by means of atomistic irradiation-driven molecular dynamics (IDMD) simulations. The geometrical…
Recent advances in nanotechnology have created the need to manufacture three-dimensional nanostructures with controlled material composition. Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition (FEBID) is a nanoprinting technique offering highest…
Focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) is an additive manufacturing technique uniquely suited for fabricating nanoscale 3D prototypes for a range of applications, including spintronic devices. However, the variation of growth…
Irradiation-driven fragmentation and chemical transformations of organometallic molecules play a central role in nanofabrication techniques based on the use of focused charged-particle beams. In this paper, the electron irradiation-induced…
This work reports on the development of a new approach to the multiscale computational modelling of the focused electron beam-induced deposition (FEBID), realised using the advanced software packages: MBN Explorer and MBN Studio. Our…
This paper presents a detailed computational protocol for atomistic simulation of the formation and growth of metal-containing nanostructures during the Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition (FEBID) process. The protocol is based upon…
Quantum simulations of metal surfaces are critical for catalytic innovation. Yet existing methods face a cost-accuracy dilemma: density functional theory is efficient but system-dependent in accuracy, while wavefunction-based theories are…
The fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures is of great interest to many areas of nanotechnology currently challenged by fundamental limitations of conventional lithography. One of the most promising direct-write methods for 3D…
Gas-phase oxygen-rich iron oxide clusters Fe(O2)n+ (n=1-6), are produced in a molecular beam apparatus. Their stability and structure are investigated by measuring the fragmentation cross sections from collision-induced-dissociation…
In the majority of cases nanostructures prepared by focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) employing an organometallic precursor contain predominantly carbon-based ligand dissociation products. This is unfortunate with regard to…
The aim of the present overview article is to raise awareness of an essential aspect that is usually not accounted for in the modelling of electron transport for focused-electron-beam-induced deposition (FEBID) of nanostructures: surface…
Nanoindentation is a powerful tool capable of providing fundamental insights of material elastic and plastic response at the nanoscale. Alloys at nanoscale are particularly interesting as the local heterogeneity and deformation mechanism…
We present the design of a Velocity Map Imaging apparatus tailored to the demands of high-resolution crossed molecular beam experiments employing Stark or Zeeman decelerators. The key requirements for these experiments consist of the…
The role of thermal effects in the focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) process of Me$_2$Au(tfac) is studied by means of irradiation-driven molecular dynamics simulations. The FEBID of Me$_2$Au(tfac), a commonly used precursor…
Nanogranular material systems are promising for a variety of applications in research and development. Their physical properties are often determined by grain sizes, shapes, mutual distances and by the chemistry of the embedding matrix With…
Irradiation-driven fragmentation and chemical transformations of molecular systems play a key role in nanofabrication processes where organometallic compounds break up due to the irradiation with focused particle beams. In this study,…
The development of modern metal deposition techniques like Focused Ion/Electron Beam Induced Deposition FIBID/FEBID relies heavily on the availability of metal-organic precursors of particular properties. To create a new precursor,…
Microstructure characterisation has been greatly enhanced through the use of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), where rich maps are generated through analysis of the crystal phase and orientation in the scanning electron microscope…