High-yield synthesis of conductive carbon nanotube tips for multiprobe scanning tunneling microscope

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Konishi, H ^a   Murata, Y ^a   Wongwiriyapan, W ^a   Kishida, M ^a   Tomita, K ^a   Motoyoshi, K ^a   Honda, S ^a   Katayama, M ^a   Yoshimoto, S ^b   Kubo, K ^b   Hobara, R ^b   Matsuda, I ^b   Hasegawa, S ^b   Yoshimura, M ^c   Lee, J G ^a   Mori, H ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDROCARBONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIELECTROPHORESIS METHODS; METAL TIPS; MULTIPROBE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE (MSTM);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 34047129048     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2432253     Document Type: Article

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