Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
DMEM | Invitrogen | ABCD1234 | |
Ethylene glycol (EG) | Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd | T20111130 | |
PMMA | Allresist | AR-P 679 | |
Acetone Analar Normapur | VWR Prolabo | 20066.296 | |
Isopropanol (IPA) Analar Normapur | VWR Prolabo | 20842.298 | |
AgNO3 | Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd | 20080826 | |
Poly-(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) | Aladdin Chemistry Co., Ltd | 1041671-31744 | |
Dimethysilicone | Sinopharm Group Company Limited | H201-500 | |
Propylene Glycol Methyl Ether Acetate | Microchemicals Gmbh | AZ EBR | |
Inverted optical microscope | Nikon | TE 2000 | |
Microscope objective | Nikon | 1.49/100X TIRF Plan-Apo | |
CCD Cameras (2x) | Andor | Luca-S | |
Regulated power supply | RHK | SPM 1000 | |
Acquisition data | RHK | SPM 1000 | |
Current to voltage converter | homemade | Gain 10 mA/V | |
Electron beam microscope | JEOL | FEG 6500 | |
Lithography addon | RAITH | Elphy | |
Spincoater | PRIMUS | STT15 | |
Thermal evaporator | PLASSYS | MEB 400 | |
Micrometer probing stage (2x) | SÜSS MicroTec | PH110 | |
Piezoelectric stage | Mad City Labs | Nano LP100 |
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