Patent ID: 7737691
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G01N,G01R

Abstract:
1. A method of characterizing a multi-layer thin film material, comprising: providing a plurality of starting materials; applying a gravitational force to at least the starting materials; heating and/or cooling the starting materials; forming a plurality of different layers of a thin film material comprising the plurality of starting materials; heating and/or cooling the thin film material; applying nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to the multi-layer thin film material using a device capable of obtaining an NMR signal having a radial component, a chemical shift component, and an intensity component characteristic of each of the plurality of different layers of the multi-layer thin film material; and analyzing the NMR signal in relation to at least one reference signal to evaluate one or more characteristics of any of the plurality of different layers of the multi-layer thin film material.