On the macroscopic lengths scales of conventional engineering systems, heat transfer by In situ electron microscopy of gas and liquid phase crystal growth

Time: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Type: Seminar Series
Presenter: Frances M. Ross, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Room/Office: Room 107
Location:
Mason Lab
9 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
United States

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science Seminar

Frances M. Ross
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY

"On the macroscopic lengths scales of conventional engineering systems, heat transfer by In situ electron microscopy of gas and liquid phase crystal growth"

Abstract: In situ transmission electron microscopy is an exciting technique for visualising and quantifying materials reactions. Physical and chemical vapour deposition and even electrochemical deposition from aqueous electrolytes can be carried out inside the microscope. By recording movies while reactions take place we can measure kinetics, identify transient structures, and determine mechanisms. We will describe two experiments, vapour phase growth of semiconductor nanowires and electrochemical deposition of metal dendrites, where in situ results help to optimize growth to achieve specific materials properties. Since microscope performance is evolving rapidly, we expect that in situ microscopy will play a strong future role in physical and chemical understanding for materials design.

Bio: Frances M. Ross received her B.A. in Physics and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Cambridge University. Her postdoc was at A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories, using in situ electron microscopy to study silicon oxidation and dislocation dynamics. She then joined the National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she imaged anodic etching of Si. Moving to IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center, she built a program around a microscope with deposition and focused ion beam capabilities and developed closed liquid cell microscopy to image electrochemical processes. Her interests include liquid cell microscopy, epitaxy, nanowires and electrodeposition. She has been a Visiting Scientist at Lund University and an Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University. She received the UK Institute of Physics Boys Medal, the MSA Burton Medal, and the MRS Outstanding Young Investigator and Innovation in Materials Characterization Awards, holds an Honorary Doctorate from Lund, and is a Fellow of APS, AAAS, MRS, MSA and AVS.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Location – Mason 107
Host: Professor Judy Cha
Refreshments served at 2:15 pm