Fabrication of single-atom electron sources by use of surface diffusion method

Asai, Hidehiro; Kumagai, Shigeki; Murata, Hidekazu; Rokuta, Eiji; Oshima, C.

doi:10.1109/ivnc.2016.7551497

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“…This study indicated that it is possible to supply an unlimited number of NM atoms from the NM reservoir via surface diffusion even if the reservoir is located on surface regions of the W needle that are far from the nanopyramids. Following Nakagawa's study, we applied a modified version of this method by employing the surface diffusion of platinum and gold [7,8].…”

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Fabrication of Coherent Electron Sources with Palladium Oxide Reservoirs

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Kawai

Matsubara

et al. 2018

e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech.

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Tungsten (W) nanopyramids coated with noble metal films can function as highly coherent electron sources. This study aims to grow nanopyramids by employing long-distance surface diffusion of palladium (Pd) atoms. Collodion (also known as nitrocellulose) containing PdO powder was coated on the regions far from the W tip and was used as a source of Pd atoms. Annealing the W tip in UHV resulted in a change in the field ion microscopy (FIM) pattern. The resultant FIM images showed three equivalent {211} planes adjacent to the {111} planes of the W tips. However, with the proposed method, the apex of the W tip was not a single atom, but a wide triangle corresponding to the subsurface of an ideal nanopyramid.

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