Characterization of single 1.8-nm Au nanoparticle attachments on AFM tips for single sub-4-nm object pickup

This paper presents a novel method for the attachment of a 1.8-nm Au nanoparticle (Au-NP) to the tip of an atomic force microscopy (AFM) probe through the application of a current-limited bias voltage. The resulting probe is capable of picking up individual objects at the sub-4-nm scale. We also dis...

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Main Authors: Cheng, Hui-Wen, Chang, Yuan-Chih, Tang, Song-Nien, Yuan, Chi-Tsu, Tang, Jau, Tseng, Fan-Gang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835868/