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Programmable set-up for electrochemical preparation of STM tips and ultra-sharp field emission cathodes
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SYSNO ASEP 0477724 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Programmable set-up for electrochemical preparation of STM tips and ultra-sharp field emission cathodes Author(s) Knápek, Alexandr (UPT-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Sýkora, Jiří (UPT-D)
Chlumská, Jana (UPT-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Sobola, D. (CZ)Number of authors 4 Source Title Microelectronic Engineering. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0167-9317
Roč. 173, APR 5 (2017), s. 42-47Number of pages 6 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords field emission cathode ; STM tip ; electrochemical etching Subject RIV JA - Electronics ; Optoelectronics, Electrical Engineering OECD category Chemical process engineering R&D Projects LO1212 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support UPT-D - RVO:68081731 UT WOS 000401387400007 EID SCOPUS 85017322634 DOI 10.1016/j.mee.2017.04.002 Annotation This paper describes a newly designed set-up which is intended for automated preparation both for STM tips and for ultra-sharp field emission cathodes made of polycrystalline and single crystal tungsten in laboratory conditions. The newly designed set-up incorporates electrochemical etching of a wire in the surface layer of an electrolyte and also the so called drop-off method which consists of two steps and requires more precise wire and current setting. Additionally, the method was extended for polycrystalline wires of tungsten using a special cut-off algorithm, which deals with variable etching speed for various crystallographic orientation of the current grain. Produced tips are examined using scanning low energy electron microscopy as for the surface and by the occurrence of electron field-emission as for the geometry based on the Fowler-Nordheim analysis. STM performance of the produced tip is discussed and examined as well. Workplace Institute of Scientific Instruments Contact Martina Šillerová, sillerova@ISIBrno.Cz, Tel.: 541 514 178 Year of Publishing 2018
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