Efficient electrochemical etching method to fabricate sharp metallic tips for scanning probe microscopes

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Kim, Pilkyu ^a   Kim, Jun Ho ^b   Jeong, Mun Seok ^c   Ko, Do Kyeong ^c   Lee, Jongmin ^c   Jeong, Sungho ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ETCHING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROBES; TUNGSTEN;

ALUMINUM TAPES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD; METALLIC TIPS; TUNGSTEN WIRES;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33750495197     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2358703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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