Oxidative vaporization etching for molybdenum tip formation in air
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Abstract Oxidative vaporization in air using a flame with a temperature range of 1950–2300 K was employed for controlling the tip shape made from a nipper-cut metal molybdenum (Mo) wire edge. An extremely high vapor pressure of MoO3 generated on the Mo surface in flame is a driving force behind the tip shape formation. Since the MoO3 vaporization rate follows the flame temperature gradient, we could control the tip apex shape by selecting the proper flame etching condition. The best condition to obtain a sharp tip apex based on statistical tests of dozens of Mo tips was obtained by Mo wire edge insertion into the 2100 K flame from the side for one second. This was repeated twice, which reproducibly provided a tip apex with a radius of 50–100 nm and a cone angle of 20–30 degrees. The present Mo tips, fabricated without aqueous solutions, were examined for their suitability as probe tips through air-scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), ultrahigh vacuum STM, field emission spectroscopy, and conductance measurements.
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OpenAlex topics: Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures · Surface and Thin Film Phenomena · Semiconductor materials and devices
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