Selective manipulation of Ag nanoclusters on a passivated silicon surface using a scanning tunneling microscope

  • Kang Ho Park*
  • , Jeong Sook Ha
  • , Wan Soo Yun
  • , Young Jo Ko
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A precise nanofabrication method using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip as nanoscale tweezers was devised. With the aid of surface passivation by Sb, we could form Ag nanoclusters on a Si(100) surface. It was found that self-organized Ag clusters can be selectively detached and manipulated at room temperature by field application because of the weak bonding strength between the clusters and an Sb-terminated Si surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4629-4630
Number of pages2
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers
Volume39
Issue number7 B
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ag
  • Nanoclusters
  • Nanofabrication
  • Passivation
  • Sb
  • Scanning tunneling microscope
  • Si(100)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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