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High-speed identification of suspended carbon nanotubes using Raman spectroscopy and deep learning

Zhang, Jian
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Perrin, Mickael L.
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Barba, Luis  
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February 10, 2022
Microsystems & Nanoengineering

The identification of nanomaterials with the properties required for energy-efficient electronic systems is usually a tedious human task. A workflow to rapidly localize and characterize nanomaterials at the various stages of their integration into large-scale fabrication processes is essential for quality control and, ultimately, their industrial adoption. In this work, we develop a high-throughput approach to rapidly identify suspended carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by using high-speed Raman imaging and deep learning analysis. Even for Raman spectra with extremely low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of 0.9, we achieve a classification accuracy that exceeds 90%, while it reaches 98% for an SNR of 2.2. By applying a threshold on the output of the softmax layer of an optimized convolutional neural network (CNN), we further increase the accuracy of the classification. Moreover, we propose an optimized Raman scanning strategy to minimize the acquisition time while simultaneously identifying the position, amount, and metallicity of CNTs on each sample. Our approach can readily be extended to other types of nanomaterials and has the potential to be integrated into a production line to monitor the quality and properties of nanomaterials during fabrication.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41378-022-00350-w
Web of Science ID

WOS:000753376700001

Author(s)
Zhang, Jian
Perrin, Mickael L.
Barba, Luis  
Overbeck, Jan
Jung, Seoho
Grassy, Brock
Agal, Aryan
Muff, Rico
Bronnimann, Rolf
Haluska, Miroslav
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Date Issued

2022-02-10

Publisher

SPRINGERNATURE

Published in
Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Volume

8

Issue

1

Start page

19

Subjects

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Instruments & Instrumentation

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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neural-networks

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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February 28, 2022
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/185874
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