Fabricating nanometer-scale Co dot and line arrays on Cu(100) surfaces

Authors
Silva, SL Jenkins, CR York, SM Leibsle, FM
Citation
Sl. Silva et al., Fabricating nanometer-scale Co dot and line arrays on Cu(100) surfaces, APPL PHYS L, 76(9), 2000, pp. 1128-1130
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
76
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1128 - 1130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20000228)76:9<1128:FNCDAL>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We have templated Cu(100) surfaces with self-assembled arrays of atomic nit rogen islands and then used these islands as masks for Co growth. This meth od of nanolithography enables the creation of Co dot arrays with dot densit ies 4 x 10(12) cm(-2) (27 teradots/in.(2)). Adjusting the nitrogen coverage also enabled the creation of arrays of Co lines spaced 10 nm (0.01 mu m) a part. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)04309-6].