Ultrasonic nanofabrication with an atomic force microscope

Ultrasonic AFM may improve fabrication technologies on the nanometer scale. In the presence of ultrasonic vibration, hard surfaces can be indented and scratched with the tip of a soft cantilever, due to its inertia. Ultrasound reduces or even eliminates friction, and hence modifies the tip-nanoparti...

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Autor: Cuberes Montserrat, María Teresa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/19678
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/19678
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Atomic force microscopy
Ultrasonic force microscopy
Nanomanipulation
Nanolithography
Nanoscratching
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Sumario:Ultrasonic AFM may improve fabrication technologies on the nanometer scale. In the presence of ultrasonic vibration, hard surfaces can be indented and scratched with the tip of a soft cantilever, due to its inertia. Ultrasound reduces or even eliminates friction, and hence modifies the tip-nanoparticle-surface interactions in AFM manipulation. The subsurface sensitivity of the technique makes feasible the purposed manipulation of subsurface nanoscale features by ultrasonic actuation.