Title :
Controlling formation of nanodots and nanocavities using scanning tunneling microscope
Author :
Iancu, Voichita ; Deshpande, A. ; Hla, Saw-Wai ; Iancu, Voichita ; Deshpande, A. ; Hla, S.-W.
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nanoscale Quantum Phenomema Institute, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
Abstract :
Surface modification at nanometer scale is one method of creating well defined patterns that can be used as architectural templates for electronic devices. Here we employ a scanning tunneling microscope based technique, called controlled "tip-crash" procedure [1], to modify a Ag
Keywords :
STM; silver; Computer crashes; Feedback loop; Heating; Marketing and sales; Microscopy; Signal processing; Thickness control; Tunneling; Voltage; Wire; STM; nanocavity; nanodot; silver;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0077-5
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2006.247712
