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Dynamic electrochemical-etching technique for tungsten tips suitable for multi-tip scanning tunneling microscopes

Hobara et al., 2007

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Document ID
8789413101620882468
Author
Hobara R
Yoshimoto S
Hasegawa S
Sakamoto K
Publication year
Publication venue
e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology

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We present a method to prepare tungsten tips for use in multi-tip scanning tunneling microscopes. The motivation behind the development comes from a requirement to make very long and conical-shape tips with controlling the cone angle. The method is based on a …
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/06—Sources
    • H01J2237/08—Ion sources
    • H01J2237/0802—Field ionization sources
    • H01J2237/0807—Gas field ion sources [GFIS]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/02—Details
    • H01J37/04—Arrangements of electrodes and associated parts for generating or controlling the discharge, e.g. electron-optical arrangement, ion-optical arrangement
    • H01J37/06—Electron sources; Electron guns
    • H01J37/073—Electron guns using field emission, photo emission, or secondary emission electron sources
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    • H01J2237/26—Electron or ion microscopes
    • H01J2237/2602—Details
    • H01J2237/2605—Details operating at elevated pressures, e.g. atmosphere
    • H01J2237/2608—Details operating at elevated pressures, e.g. atmosphere with environmental specimen chamber
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    • H01J37/26—Electron or ion microscopes; Electron or ion diffraction tubes
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    • H01J2237/30—Electron or ion beam tubes for processing objects
    • H01J2237/317—Processing objects on a micro-scale
    • H01J2237/3174—Etching microareas
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
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    • H01J2237/153—Correcting image defects, e.g. stigmators
    • H01J2237/1532—Astigmatism

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