Nanoscale surface modification and nanostructural fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films by scanning tunneling microscopy

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2377-2383

  Fan, Y C ^a   Fitzgerald, A G ^a   Cairns, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FILM PREPARATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; LASER ABLATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

FIELD-INDUCED EVAPORATION MODES; NANOMETER-SCALE SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; NANOSCALE GROOVE ETCHING; NANOSTRUCTURAL FABRICATIONS;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0034268804     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.1290370     Document Type: Article

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