Title :
Deposition and manipulation of nickel nanoparticles
Author :
Atashbar, Massood Z. ; Bliznyuk, Valery ; Banerji, Deep ; Singamaneni, Srikanth
Author_Institution :
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe the deposition of nickel nanoparticles and nanowires in the ´V´ shaped grooves of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). Freshly cleaved HOPG was exposed to a plating solution of nickel and electro chemically deposited by cyclic voltametry. The morphology of the deposited nanoparticles was studied using an atomic force microscope (AFM) in non-contact mode. These nanoparticles were manipulated by magnetic field. The critical force to displace the nanoparticles was estimated using contact mode of AFM.
Keywords :
atomic force microscopy; crystal faces; electrodeposition; ferromagnetic materials; magnetic particles; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; nanowires; nickel; surface morphology; voltammetry (chemical analysis); AFM; C; Ni; V-shaped grooves; atomic force microscopy; cleaved highly oriented pyrolytic graphite; magnetic field; nanowires deposition; nickel; nickel nanoparticles deposition; nickel nanoparticles manipulation; noncontact mode; plating solution; voltametry; Atomic force microscopy; Chemicals; Electrodes; Fabrication; Nanoparticles; Nanostructures; Nanowires; Nickel; Surface morphology; Surface topography;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing, 2004. Proceedings of International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8243-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICISIP.2004.1287663
