The role of an amorphous carbon layer on a multi-wall carbon nanotube attached atomic force microscope tip in making good electrical contact to a gold electrode

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Kahng, Yung Ho ^a   Choi, Jinho ^a,b   Park, Byong Chon ^a   Kim, Dal Hyun ^a   Choi, Jae Hyuk ^a   Lyou, Joon ^b   Ahn, Sang Jung ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; LITHOGRAPHY;

AFM LITHOGRAPHY; AMORPHOUS CARBON LAYERS; GOLD ELECTRODES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON; GOLD; HYDROCARBON; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 42949138794     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/19/195705     Document Type: Article

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