Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
DOI
10.1063/1.120152
Publication Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
71
Issue
19
Pages
2848-2850
Abstract
Diamond microparticles were grown on etched tungsten wires using a microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition process. The apexes on cubo-octahedral particles bound by {100} and {111} facets were effectively used as tunneling tips for scanning tunneling microscopy. The atomically resolved surface image of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite was acquired. Tunneling characteristics revealed a higher electron emission from the diamond tips than that from the platinum–iridium tips. The same diamond tips were used to produce surface indentation and its image. © 1997 American Institute of Physics.
Original Publication Citation
Albin, S., Zheng, J., Cooper, J. B., Fu, W., & Lavarias, A. C. (1997). Microwave plasma chemical vapor deposited diamond tips for scanning tunneling microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 71(19), 2848-2850. doi:10.1063/1.120152
Repository Citation
Albin, Sacharia; Zheng, Jianli; Cooper, John B.; Fu, Weihai; and Lavarias, Arnel C., "Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond Tips for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy" (1997). Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 181.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ece_fac_pubs/181