Nanobubbles on solid surface imaged by atomic force microscopy

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作者
Lou, ST
Ouyang, ZQ
Zhang, Y
Li, XJ
Hu, J [1 ]
Li, MQ
Yang, FJ
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Nucl Res, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
[2] E China Normal Univ, Dept Chem, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China
[3] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Morgan Tan Int Ctr Life Sci, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China
[4] Fudan Univ, Inst Modern Phys, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
来源
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 2000年 / 18卷 / 05期
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10.1116/1.1289925
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Gas bubbles of nanometer size were produced on atomically flat solid surfaces and imaged by atomic force microscopy (AFM) in tapping mode in water. In AFM images, nanobubbles appeared like blight spheres. Some of the bubbles remained stable for hours during the experiments. The bubbles were disturbed under high load during AFM imaging. A related mechanism is discussed. (C) 2000 American Vacuum Society. [S0734-211X(00)02505-1].
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页码:2573 / 2575
页数:3
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