DIAMOND FORCE MICROSCOPE TIPS FABRICATED BY CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITION

被引:24
作者
GERMANN, GJ
MCCLELLAND, GM
MITSUDA, Y
BUCK, M
SEKI, H
机构
[1] IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA 95120
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10.1063/1.1143265
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A chemical vapor deposition method is described for fabricating force microscope cantilevers with single-crystal diamond tips. The congruent-to 1-mu-m-diam diamond tips have corner radii of 30 nm, and have been used to study diamond-diamond friction on well-characterized surfaces in UHV. The tip size and orientation can be determined by electron microscopy without altering the surface atomic structure.
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页码:4053 / 4055
页数:3
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