DocumentCode
511480
Title
Direct writing of sub-5 nm metals on carbon nanotubes and graphene using a UHV-STM
Author
Ye, Wei ; Martin, Pamela ; Kumar, Navneet ; Zhang, Fan ; Rockett, Angus ; Abelson, John ; Girolami, Greg ; Lyding, Joseph
Author_Institution
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
26-30 July 2009
Firstpage
825
Lastpage
826
Abstract
Contacting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene with nanometer-scale metals is of great interest for both fundamental studies and technical applications. In this work, we describe the fabrication and characterization of sub-5 nm linewidth metallic hafnium diboride (HfB2) nanostructures on silicon surfaces as well as on CNTs and graphene using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS).
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; graphene; hafnium compounds; nanostructured materials; scanning tunnelling microscopy; scanning tunnelling spectroscopy; silicon; C; HfB2; Si; UHV-STM; carbon nanotubes; direct writing; graphene; metallic hafnium diboride; nanometer-scale metals; nanostructures; scanning tunneling microscopy; scanning tunneling spectroscopy; silicon surfaces; Carbon nanotubes; Fabrication; Hafnium; Microscopy; Nanostructures; Silicon; Sociotechnical systems; Spectroscopy; Tunneling; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nanotechnology, 2009. IEEE-NANO 2009. 9th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Genoa
ISSN
1944-9399
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4832-6
Electronic_ISBN
1944-9399
Type
conf
Filename
5394672
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