Manipulation and writing with Ag nanocrystals on Si(111)-7×7
- 20 May 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 72 (21) , 2698-2700
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.121103
Abstract
Manipulation of Ag nanocrystals derived from up to 200 000 atoms was performed using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. By varying the scanning conditions, it was possible to move them laterally on contamination-free Si(111)-7×7 surfaces or to remove them. In both cases, thin Ag tracks were left behind. This demonstrates the concepts of nano patterning and nano painting with metals on clean semiconductor surfaces.Keywords
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