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 documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2007
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositório:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/19678
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/19678
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Atomic force microscopy
Ultrasonic force microscopy
Nanomanipulation
Nanolithography
Nanoscratching
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Resumo: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.