Single-step electrochemical method for producing very sharp Au scanning tunneling microscopy tips

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Gingery, David ^a   Bühlmann, Philippe ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; PERCHLORIC ACID;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MINIATURIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 36749076044     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2804132     Document Type: Article

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