Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
Tetramethylorthosilicate | Sigma Aldrich | 218472 | |
Hydrochloric acid, 37% | Sigma Aldrich | 435570 | |
Acetone | Fisher | A949SK | |
Sulfuric acid | EMD Millipore | SX1244 | |
Hydrogen peroxide, 30% | EMD Millipore | HX0635 | |
Discover microwave reactor | CEM | ||
10 ml Borosilicate reaction vial | CEM | 908035 | |
10 ml Snap cap | CEM | 909210 | |
3 mm Stir bar | Fisher Scientific | 14-513-65 | |
Highly polished silicon wafers | Broker | SP064483 | |
S4800 SEM | Hitachi | ||
Zetasizer Nano90 | Malvern | ||
Polystyrene cuvette, (10 mm x 10 mm x 45mm) | Sarstedt | 67.754 | |
5415D centrifuge | Eppendorf | ||
Hummer 6.2 sputter system | Anatech |
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