SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY BIT MAKING ON HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC-GRAPHITE - INITIAL RESULTS

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MILLER, JA
HOCKEN, RJ
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[1] Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte
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10.1063/1.346732
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A scanning tunneling microscope was used to modify the surface structure of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite in air. By superimposing 0.1-μs pulses on the substrate bias, we consistently manufactured hole-hill combinations ("bits") of 2-3 nm. A 40-nm L-shaped structure was created. We describe the experiments and relevant results.
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