Single-atom extraction by scanning tunneling microscope tip crash and nanoscale surface engineering

被引：44

作者：

Hla, SW ^{[1
]}

Braun, KF ^{[1
]}

Iancu, V ^{[1
]}

Deshpande, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ohio Univ, Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Inst, Dept Phys & Astron, Athens, OH 45701 USA

来源：

NANO LETTERS | 2004年 / 4卷 / 10期

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D O I：

10.1021/nl0487065

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

We report a novel atom extraction mechanism from the native substrate by means of a scanning tunneling microscope tip crash on a Ag(111) surface at 5 K. Individual atoms are scattered on the surface when a silver coated tip is dipped into the substrate at low tunneling biases. Quantitative analyses reveal that the mechanical energy supplied by the tip crash dominates the atom extraction process. Application of this procedure is demonstrated by constructing quantum structures using the extracted atoms on an atom-by-atom basis.

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