Nanopatterning of transition metal surfaces via electrochemical dimple array formation

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2453-2464

  Singh, Sherdeep ^a   Barden, Warren R T ^a   Kruse, Peter ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electropolishing; Nanoscale pattern formation; Self assembly; Surface structure

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROLYTIC POLISHING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM;

ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES; ARRAY FORMATIONS; ATOMIC FORCES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIMPLED SURFACES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PATTERNS; ELECTROPOLISHING; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; METAL SURFACES; NANOPATTERNING; NANOSCALE; NANOSCALE PATTERN FORMATION; NANOSCALE SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

SURFACES;

TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 58149164881     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8003789     Document Type: Article

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