Safe fabrication of sharp gold tips for light emission in scanning tunnelling microscopy

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 558-566

  Boyle, Michael G ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Dawson, P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gold; Light emission; Plasmons; Scanning tunnelling microscopy; Tip fabrication

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LIGHT EMISSION; PLASMONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ETCHING TECHNIQUES; HAZARDOUS ELECTROLYTES; TIP FABRICATION;

GOLD;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GOLD;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; SAFETY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 41949107564     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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