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Optical image-based thickness characterization of atomically thin nanomaterials using computer vision techniques

Daniel Cui, Tom Goldstein, Jun Yan
(Submitted on 7 Dec 2018)

The main objective of this study was to develop a novel method of characterizing nanomaterials based on the number of layers without the aid of state-of-the-art electron and force microscopes. While previous research groups have attempted to establish a correlation between optical image contrast and layer number for inferring layer numbers of nanomaterials with already well-known software such as ImageJ and Gwyddion SPM Analysis, the work for this study strived to automate the image contrast-based characterization of the layer numbers using computer vision algorithms. After acquiring the necessary data points using graphene samples from another study and nanoscale MoTe2 samples through an experimental method consisted of using both ImageJ and Gwyddion, curve fitting in RStudio was used to create quadratic models that were incorporated in a computer vision method composed of three algorithms. In total, 12 MoTe2 and 16 graphene samples were used in 28 test trials in order to determine the efficiencies of the algorithms in layer number characterization. Ultimately, a success rate of 89% was obtained with an average overall run time of 15 seconds for the computer vision method. As a consequence, this computational method may be faster, more effective, and more cost-effective than current widely used electron, atomic force, and optical microscopy techniques.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.03198

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Digital video microscopy enhanced by deep learning
Saga Helgadottir,1 Aykut Argun,1 and Giovanni Volpe1 1Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden, EU (Dated: December 7, 2018)