Selective manipulation of Ag nanoclusters on a passivated silicon surface using a scanning tunneling microscope

Authors
Park, KH Ha, JS Yun, WS Ko, YJ
Citation
Kh. Park et al., Selective manipulation of Ag nanoclusters on a passivated silicon surface using a scanning tunneling microscope, JPN J A P 1, 39(7B), 2000, pp. 4629-4630
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
7B
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4629 - 4630
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A precise nanofabrication method using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM ) tip as nanoscale tweezers was devised. With the aid of surface passivatio n by Sb, we could form Ag nanoclusters on a Si(100) surface. It was found t hat self-organized Ag dusters can be selectively detached and manipulated a t room temperature by field application because of the weak bonding strengt h between the clusters and an Sb-terminated Si surface.