Electrochemical preparation of cobalt tips for scanning tunneling microscopy

被引：21

作者：

Albonetti, C ^{[1
]}

Bergenti, I ^{[1
]}

Cavallini, M ^{[1
]}

Dediu, V ^{[1
]}

Massi, M ^{[1
]}

Moulin, JF ^{[1
]}

Biscarini, F ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CNR, Ist Studio Mat Nanostrutturati, Sez Bologna, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

来源：

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | 2002年 / 73卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1518127

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

Here we describe a straightforward electrochemical method for fabricating sharp cobalt tips. Such tips are particularly useful for those scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiments where the focus is on magnetic properties of the surface and the spin polarized (SP) tunneling current is the relevant property, such as in SPSTM and SP scanning tunneling spectroscopy. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

引用

页码：4254 / 4256

页数：3

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