Controlled fabrication of metallic electrodes with atomic separation
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- 5 April 1999
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 74 (14) , 2084-2086
Abstract
We report a technique for fabricating metallic electrodes on insulating substrates with separations on the 1 nm scale. The fabrication technique, which combines lithographic and electrochemical methods, provides atomic resolution without requiring sophisticated instrumentation. The process is simple, controllable, reversible, and robust, allowing rapid fabrication of electrode pairs with high yield. We expect the method to prove useful in interfacing molecular-scale structures to macroscopic probes and electronic devices.Keywords
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