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Tip‐bias induced surface modification on gold surfaces
Author(s) -
Nagahara L.,
Lindsay S. M.,
Thundat T.,
Knipping U.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1988.tb01372.x
Subject(s) - surface modification , surface (topology) , materials science , biasing , nanotechnology , chemical physics , chemistry , geometry , physics , mathematics , voltage , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY We have observed drastic modification of gold surfaces at tip biases above a threshold value. These modifications were observed only on surfaces which are not atomically flat and only with negative tip bias. We tentatively attribute these surface modifications to formation of Taylor cones.