Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Stadermann, M.
• Grube, H.
• Boland, J. J.
• Papadakis, S. J.
• Falvo, M. R.
• Superfine, R.
• Washburn, S.

Titel

Simultaneous atomic force microscopy measurement of topography and contact resistance of metal films and carbon nanotubes

Ist Teil von

• Review of scientific instruments, 2003-08, Vol.74 (8), p.3653-3655

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We present a quartz tuning-fork-based atomic force microscopy (AFM) setup that is capable of mapping the surface contact resistance while scanning topography. The tuning-fork setup allows us to use etched Pt/Ir tips, which have higher durability and better conductivity than probes used in earlier AFM conductance measurements. The performance of the method is demonstrated with contact resistance measurements of gold lines on silicon dioxide and carbon nanotubes on graphite.