News 2011
"Summer Science Camp 2011" was held
"Summer Science Camp 2011" co-organized by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), was held from July 26 - 28, 2011. The camp was arranged as a three-days-stay program where 18 selected high-school students can investigate the properties of metallic materials by various experiments at NIMS and MANA.
The participants performed two experiments at MANA: 1) Lithography with photosensitive material inside the clean room at the MANA Foundry and 2) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) measurement of a semiconductor chip to observe the difference between the crystallographic and amorphous phases on an atomic-scale.
All participants have experienced working inside a clean room with clean-room clothes for the first time and they looked very excited. They received the chance to see the difference between a positive and negative process of lithography. Working with a TEM, the participants were very interested in the atomic images of a silicon crystal at nano-scale that were displayed in a monitor.
At the end of the camp, results from the two experiments were presented by two groups.
The participants performed two experiments at MANA: 1) Lithography with photosensitive material inside the clean room at the MANA Foundry and 2) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) measurement of a semiconductor chip to observe the difference between the crystallographic and amorphous phases on an atomic-scale.
All participants have experienced working inside a clean room with clean-room clothes for the first time and they looked very excited. They received the chance to see the difference between a positive and negative process of lithography. Working with a TEM, the participants were very interested in the atomic images of a silicon crystal at nano-scale that were displayed in a monitor.
At the end of the camp, results from the two experiments were presented by two groups.
What's the Science Camp?
The Science Camp is a "hands-on learning" science and technology program organized by JST. Students from high schools and Technical Colleges can receive lectures and guidance directly from leading researchers of a laboratory with state of the art facilities and equipment. The camp held during summer vacation is called "Summer Science Camp".
![basic leture](/mana/news_room/news/2011/t363dl0000000ce5-img/tem1_7_270.jpg)
A basic lecture before the experiment
![Gunji Saito](/mana/news_room/news/2011/t363dl0000000ce5-img/sc1_7_270.jpg)
Wearing clean-room clothes.
![TEM room](/mana/news_room/news/2011/t363dl0000000ce5-img/tem3_7_270.jpg)
Participants watch atomic-scale images measured by a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM).
![Heinrich Rohrer](/mana/news_room/news/2011/t363dl0000000ce5-img/sc3_7_270.jpg)
Processing a substrate with a developing solution inside the "yellow room" of the MANA Foundry
![Good smile!?](/mana/news_room/news/2011/t363dl0000000ce5-img/tem2_7_270.jpg)
Taking an atomic image with full concentration.
![Taking Si image](/mana/news_room/news/2011/t363dl0000000ce5-img/sc4_7_270.jpg)
Successfully developed MANA logo on a substrate.
![group photo](/mana/news_room/news/2011/t363dl0000000ce5-img/group_0726_560.jpg)
Participants of the camp on July 26, 2011