[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69645-69646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27831]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Ohio State University, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR
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part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as each is intended to be used, that
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of its order.
Docket Number: 13-017. Applicant: Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH 43210. Instrument: Cryo-SEM System with Aquilo Preparation Chamber.
Manufacturer: Quorum Technologies, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See
notice at 78 FR 37206-07, June 20, 2013. Comments: None received.
Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific
value to the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as
this is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United
States at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be fitted to
an existing dual beam focused ion beam (FIB) instrument in order to
provide a new capability for 3-D imaging and analysis of polymeric
materials and biomaterials at cryogenic temperatures below -109 degrees
Celsius. The required performance characteristics for this instrument
are a highly stable, thermally isolated nitrogen gas-cooled stage which
attaches to the SEM stage and is capable of reaching a temperature
range of +100 to -190 degrees Celsius, a separately cooled cold trap
with independent temperature control capable of reaching temperatures
below -190 degrees Celsius, a cryo-preparation, cryo-transfer chamber
that is directly attached to the SEM, but with the turbomolecular
vacuum pumping and advanced gas cooling system mounted remotely, as
well as a high vacuum system consisting of a remotely positioned 70L/s
turbomolecular pumping system capable of achieving a vacuum of
10-6 mbar or better in the directly attached
cryopreparation, cryo-transfer chamber. The instrument will be used for
cryo-imaging that will provide new insights in the study of
biocompatibility and failure of orthopaedic implants, and also the
evaluation of new materials and implant surfaces for tissue engineering
applications. The cryo-preparation, cryo-transfer and cryo-imaging
capabilities will enable minimally invasive approaches to be used to
investigate structures and interfaces in their near-native vitreous
state.
Docket Number: 13-019. Applicant: California State University
Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330. Instrument: Ultrahigh Vacuum Low
Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Manufacturer: Unisoku Co.,
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 37206-07, June 20, 2013.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described
below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that was being
manufactured in the United States at the time of order. Reasons: The
instrument will be used to study the electronic and spin-related
phenomena (Kondo effect, spin flip, spin injection, etc.) in low
dimensional materials including grapheme (one atomic layer of carbon
atoms), magnetic materials (transition metals iron, cobalt, nickel and
corresponding phthalocyanine molecules), and topological insulators.
The techniques to be implemented include depositing magnetic atoms or
molecules on grapheme and measuring scanning tunneling spectroscopy of
these magnetic impurities on grapheme, growing grapheme on
ferromagnetic materials (cobalt, iron) and measuring the spin-
polarization of grapheme induced by the ferromagnetic materials, as
well measuring the scanning tunneling spectroscopy on topological
insulators. The capabilities required for these experiments that this
instrument fulfills include a high magnetic field of 8 Tesla, and
measurements at low temperature (<5 Kelvin).
Docket Number: 13-020. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78712-1415. Instrument: V-Gait Dual Belt Instrumented
Treadmill. Manufacturer: Motek Medial, the Netherlands. Intended Use:
See notice at 78 FR 37206-07, June 20, 2013. Comments: None received.
Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific
value to the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as
this is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United
States at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to
identify structure/properties relationships of polymer based solar
cells or for the structural analysis of polymer/nanoparticle hybrid
materials for the development of high-density storage devices, as well
as to study the self-assembly of bio-polymer systems for drug-delivery
system development.
Docket Number: 13-023. Applicant: Max Planck Florida Institute,
Jupiter, FL 33458. Instrument: Quanta 250 FEG SEM (D8421).
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at
78 FR 37206-07, June 20, 2013.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order.
Reasons: The instrument will be used for the fabrication of atomic
force microscope cantilevers and electron beam deposition. The
cantilevers are made from silicon or silicon nitride, with the radius
of the tip curvature on the order of nanometers. Electron-beam
deposition is a process of decomposing gaseous molecules by electron
beam leading to deposition of non-volatile fragments onto a nearby
substrate. The electron beam is usually provided by a scanning electron
microscope that results in high spatial accuracy (less than one
nanometer), and the possibility to produce free-standing, three-
dimensional structures. The cantilevers are observed by the scanning
electron microscope. The chamber of the scanning electron microscope is
filled with carbon gases. Then the electron from the scanning
microscope focuses on the tip of cantilevers to deposit an amorphous
carbon. The instrument needs to work with high beam parking precision
(~1 nanometer) in the environment in which the material deposition is
produced in relatively low vacuum.
Dated: November 12, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Enforcement and Compliance.
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