Ww. Pai et al., MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES FABRICATED BY SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE-ASSISTED CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION, Journal of vacuum science & technology. B, Microelectronics and nanometer structures processing, measurement and phenomena, 15(4), 1997, pp. 785-787
We have successfully used scanning tunneling microscope-assisted chemi
cal vapor deposition to fabricate magnetic nanostructures as fine as 5
nm wide and <2 nm high using ferrocene [Fe(C5H5)(2)] as the metal-org
anic source gas. The physical properties of these nanostructures were
qualitatively characterized and ex situ magnetic force microscopy meas
urements indicate these features are strongly magnetic.