SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE TIP-INDUCED ANODIZATION FOR NANOFABRICATION OF TITANIUM

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作者
SUGIMURA, H [1 ]
UCHIDA, T [1 ]
KITAMURA, N [1 ]
MASUHARA, H [1 ]
机构
[1] RES DEV CORP JAPAN,ERATO,MICROPHOTOCONVERS PROJECT,SAKYO KU,KYOTO 606,JAPAN
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10.1021/j100067a023
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The fabrication of oxide patterns on titanium (Ti), with a spatial resolution of 20 nm, was accomplished by the use of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) through applying a positive sample bias (V-s) voltage of +3.0 to +8.0 V in the presence of adsorbed water on Ti. The fabricated patterns were observed as swelled structures in the STM images acquired at V-s = -3.0 V. Surface swelling was induced only when V-s was set positively, and the height of the oxide layer increased with increasing V-s, which suggested that the pattern formation was attributed to electrochemical oxidation of Ti; anodization of Ti with adsorbed water. The role of the faradaic current flows during STM tip-induced anodization for tip control is also discussed in terms of a scanning electrochemical microscope.
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页码:4352 / 4357
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