Thesis (B.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1983. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 17).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1969.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1969.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING / Bibliography: leaves 48-50. / by Maura Elizabeth Donnelly. / M.S.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Institute of Paper Chemistry, 1940. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-75).

This work presents a new form of microscopy, the instrument constructed to demonstrate it, the images produced and the image contrast mechanisms seen for the first time. Some of its future scientific potential is described and finally, recent work towards advancing the method is discussed. Many forms of microscopy exist, each with unique advantages. Of several broad categories that they could be grouped into, those that use particle beams have proven very generally useful for micro and nano-scale imaging, including Scanning Electron, Transmission Electron, and Ion Beam microscopes. These have the disadvantage, however, of implanting electric charges into the sample, and usually at very high energy relative to the binding energy of molecules. For most materials this modifies the sample at a small scale and as we work increasingly towards the nano-scale, this is a serious problem. The Neutral Atom Microscope (NAM) uses a beam of thermal energy (under 70 meV) non-charged atoms or molecules to probe an atomic surface. For several decades scientists have been interested in this possibility, using a focused beam. Scattering of neutral atoms provides a uniquely low-energy, surface-sensitive probe, as is known from molecular beam experiments. We have developed a new approach, operating with the sample at a close working distance from an aperture, the need for optics to focus the beam is obviated. The demonstrated, practical performance of this "Pinhole" NAM exceeds all other attempts by great lengths by many measures. The unique images resulting and contrast mechanism discoveries are described. The future potential for nano-scale resolution is shown.

Dando continuidade a uma pesquisa estética iniciada em 1991, este projeto de pesquisa em arte propõe a realização da série FORMIGAS, e o texto desta dissertação trata das relações entre a ética e a estética que essa obra estabelece ao longo dos quatro anos de duração do seu processo instaurador. No decorrer desse período, uma primeira versão dessa mesma série, composta por uma seqüência de nove eletrongrafias de caras de formigas de várias espécies, gerou um impasse ético que a presente versão, composta por uma seqüência de quinze eletrongrafias de caras de formigas do gênero acromyrmex, propõe discutir e contornar. / The current paper is a research project in art that discusses the relation between the ethics and the aesthetics brought about by the making of the ANT series. It is part of an aesthetic investigation initiated in 1991 and the series instauration process has taken four years. A first version of the series was composed by a sequence of nine electrongraphs of ant faces of several species, and the second version is composed by fifteen electrongraphs of ant faces of the genus acromyrmex. The first version raised an ethical dilemma which the second one and this paper are meant to discuss and resolve.