Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Girl Scout Troops@BNL



Update 2012-10-18: You can now read the official BNL press release:
http://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=23393

It was great to see all of you and your interest in science. I enjoyed contributing to the lesson. Here is possibly the smallest Girl Scout logo every made :) The total width of the logo is ~7.5 micrometers. That's the same size of a red blood cell!! The thickness of the logo was only ~30 nanometers. Click here to download the logo in other colors. Good luck with your future science interactions and feel free to ask questions by clicking on comments below. 
--Javier


The image to the left is of the Girl Scouts logo captured using Atomic Force Microscopy. The troop  had a hands on nano lesson explaining the fundamentals of Scanning Probe Microscopy before they saw the equipment in action at the CFN. The logo was fabricated using a top-down electron beam lithography process. The raised areas are 30nm of Cobalt on top of Silicon.