Direct fabrication of zero-and one-dimensional metal nanocrystals by thermally assisted electromigration

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2999-3004

  Yuk, Jong Min ^a,b   Kim, Kwanpyo ^b,c   Lee, Zonghoon ^b   Watanabe, Masashi ^b,f   Zettl, A ^b,c   Kim, Tae Whan ^d   No, Young Soo ^d   Choi, Won Kook ^e   Lee, Jeong Yong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^f Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromigration; In situ nanofabrication; In situ transmission electron microscopy; Joule heating; Metal; Nanodots; Nanorods; Nanostructures; Nanowires; Scanning probe

Indexed keywords

DIRECT OBSERVATION; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; EXTRACTING METAL; GROWTH PROCESS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU FABRICATION; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION; METAL NANOCRYSTALS; METAL OXIDE THIN FILMS; NANOCRYSTAL FORMATION; NANODOTS; NANOSTRUCTURE FORMATION; REAL-TIME OBSERVATION; SCANNING PROBE; SEMI-CONDUCTOR SURFACES; SIZE AND POSITION; TUNGSTEN TIP; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROMIGRATION; FABRICATION; HEATING; IN SITU PROCESSING; JOULE HEATING; METALLIZING; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; NANOWIRES; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN;

EXTRACTION;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HEAT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROPLATING; HOT TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77955916559     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901674p     Document Type: Article

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