A mechanism for cutting carbon nanotubes with a scanning tunneling microscope

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy on crossed carbon nanotubes

Crossing nanotubes were investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy ~STM! and spectroscopy. From the analysis of the measured mechanical deformation of the nanotubes, the contact force between the nanotubes is estimated to be 1 nN. Spectroscopy measurements showed two effects on the electronic structure: ~i! band bending, which we attribute to a position-dependent interaction with the subs...

Simulating Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Fabrication of silicon nanostructures with a scanning tunneling microscope

A technique is presented for fabricating Si nanostructures with a scanning tunneling microscope operated in air. The process involves the direct chemical modification of a H-passivated Si( 100) surface and a subsequent liquid etch. The chemically modified portions of the surface can withstand a deep ( > 100 nm) liquid etch of the unmodified regions with no etch degradation of the modified surfa...

Single-bond formation and characterization with a scanning tunneling microscope

A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) was used to manipulate the bonding of a carbon monoxide (CO) molecule and to analyze the structure and vibrational properties of individual products. Individual iron (Fe) atoms were evaporated and coadsorbed with CO molecules on a silver (110) surface at 13 kelvin. A CO molecule was transferred from the surface to the STM tip and bonded with an Fe atom to f...

Nanofabrication and Rapid Imaging with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope