silicon dioxide
81Thermal oxidation — In microfabrication, thermal oxidation is a way to produce a thin layer of oxide (usually silicon dioxide) on the surface of a wafer (semiconductor). The technique forces an oxidizing agent to diffuse into the wafer at high temperature and react… …
82silica — /sil i keuh/, n. the dioxide form of silicon, SiO2, occurring esp. as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives. Also called… …
83Fluorescence interference contrast microscopy — Fluorescence interference contrast (FLIC) microscopy is a microscopic technique developed to achieve z resolution on the nanometer scale. FLIC occurs whenever fluorescent objects are in the vicinity of a reflecting surface (e.g. Si wafer). The… …
84Colloidal silica — Colloidal silicas are suspensions of fine amorphous, nonporous, and typically spherical silica particles in a liquid phase. Contents 1 Properties 2 Manufacture 3 Applications 4 See also …
85Quartz — This article is about the mineral. For other uses, see Quartz (disambiguation). Quartz Quartz crystal cluster from Tibet General Category …
86Differential interference contrast microscopy — Micrasterias furcata imaged in transmitted DIC microscopy. Differential interference contrast microscopy (DIC), also known as Nomarski Interference Contrast (NIC) or Nomarski microscopy, is an optical microscopy illumination technique used to… …
87List of chemistry topics — This page aims to list articles related to chemistry. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related Changes in the sidebar and on the bottom of the page.This list is not necessarily… …
88Photolithography — For earlier uses of photolithography in printing, see Lithography. For the same process applied to metal, see Photochemical machining. Photolithography (or optical lithography ) is a process used in microfabrication to selectively remove parts of …
89Optical coating — Optically coated mirrors and lenses. An optical coating is one or more thin layers of material deposited on an optical component such as a lens or mirror, which alters the way in which the optic reflects and transmits light. One type of optical… …
90quartz — quartzose /kwawrt sohs/, quartzous /kwawrt seuhs/, adj. /kwawrts/, n. one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO2, having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony …
