Toward Atomic-Scale Device Fabrication in Silicon Using Scanning Probe Microscopy

Nano Letters ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 1969-1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Ruess ◽  
Lars Oberbeck ◽  
Michelle Y. Simmons ◽  
Kuan Eng J. Goh ◽  
Alex R. Hamilton ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan-Jian Zhong ◽  
Li Han ◽  
Mathew M. Maye ◽  
Jin Luo ◽  
Nancy N. Kariuki ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 852-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baran Eren ◽  
Dorothée Hug ◽  
Laurent Marot ◽  
Rémy Pawlak ◽  
Marcin Kisiel ◽  
...  

Single- and multilayer graphene and highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) were exposed to a pure hydrogen low-temperature plasma (LTP). Characterizations include various experimental techniques such as photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and scanning probe microscopy. Our photoemission measurement shows that hydrogen LTP exposed HOPG has a diamond-like valence-band structure, which suggests double-sided hydrogenation. With the scanning tunneling microscopy technique, various atomic-scale charge-density patterns were observed, which may be associated with different C–H conformers. Hydrogen-LTP-exposed graphene on SiO2 has a Raman spectrum in which the D peak to G peak ratio is over 4, associated with hydrogenation on both sides. A very low defect density was observed in the scanning probe microscopy measurements, which enables a reverse transformation to graphene. Hydrogen-LTP-exposed HOPG possesses a high thermal stability, and therefore, this transformation requires annealing at over 1000 °C.


2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 505-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Y. Simmons ◽  
F.J. Ruess ◽  
K.E.J. Goh ◽  
T. Hallam ◽  
S.R. Schofield ◽  
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MRS Bulletin ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 472-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Carpick ◽  
Mark A. Eriksson

AbstractScanning probe microscopy (SPM) was originally conceived as a method for measuring atomic-scale surface topography. Over the last two decades, it has blossomed into an array of techniques that can be used to obtain a rich variety of information about nanoscale material properties. With the exception of friction measurements, these techniques have traditionally depended on tip—sample interactions directed normal to the sample's surface. Recently, researchers have explored several effects arising from interactions parallel to surfaces, usually by deliberately applying a modulated lateral displacement. In fact, some parallel motion is ubiquitous to cantilever-based SPM, due to the tilt of the cantilever. Recent studies, performed in contact, noncontact, and intermittent-contact modes, provide new insights into properties such as structural anisotropy, lateral interactions with surface features, nanoscale shear stress and contact mechanics, and in-plane energy dissipation. The understanding gained from interpreting this behavior has consequences for all cantilever-based scanning probe microscopies.


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