[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 52683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21448]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


UChicago Argonne, LLC, Notice of 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 part 301). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC
    Docket Number: 12-033. Applicant: UChicago Argonne, LLC, Lemont, IL 
60439. Instrument: Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope 
System. Manufacturer: CreaTec, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 77 
FR 42483, July 19, 2012. 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 its order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to investigate 
properties of materials and novel phenomena related to nanoscale 
science. This instrument is specialized for creating artificial 
nanoscale structures on an atom-by-atom basis using nascent atom 
manipulation techniques. The instrument will be used to investigate the 
amount of force required to move one atom on a materials surface while 
simultaneously measuring local electronic structural changes during 
atom movement.
    Requirements for this instrument include: simultaneous measurements 
of tunneling current and force signals at an atomic scale, STM scanner 
with q-Plus tuning fork type AFM set-up, single atom and single 
molecule manipulation capabilities, single atom/molecule tunneling 
spectroscopy, ultrahigh vacuum compatibility, bath cryostat with LHe 
hold time greater than 72 hours and a LN2 hold time greater than 72 
hours, optical access at low temperature, at least 6 K substrate 
temperature should be achieved, maximum drift rate at base temperature 
less than 0.2 nm/h, and a computer software allowing manipulation of 
individual atoms and molecules.

    Dated: August 24, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-21448 Filed 8-29-12; 8:45 am]
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