Nanofabrication of small copper clusters on gold(111) electrodes by a scanning tunneling microscope

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5303, 1997, Pages 1097-1099

  Kolb, D M ^a   Ullmann, R ^a   Will, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONDUCTOR; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; MICROPROCESSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

LUCIA LIMBARIA;

EID: 0031029209     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5303.1097     Document Type: Article

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20. Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through grant Ko 576/10-2. We thank R. Liske for developing the microprocessing unit.