Title :
Using magnetic controlled electromigration for electrod fabrication
Author :
Sheikholeslam, S.A. ; Grecu, C. ; Ivanov, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
In this work we investigate the effect of a uniform magnetic field on electromigration. We propose a method for applying a magnetic field to control the electromigration process in order to use it for nano-needle and nano-electrode fabrication. Our method is easy to implement and may lead to cheaper electrode/needle fabrication process. Our simulation results show that we are able to increase the eletromigration on one side of a two dimensional wire of nanometer scale and reduce it on the other side.
Keywords :
electrodes; electromigration; magnetic fields; nanofabrication; magnetic controlled electromigration process; nanoelectrode fabrication process; nanoneedle fabrication process; two dimensional nanometer scale wire; uniform magnetic field; Electromigration; Fabrication; Force; Lattices; Magnetomechanical effects; Metals; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2014.6968138
