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SUBMITTER: Cheng HW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3835868 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Cheng Hui-Wen HW Chang Yuan-Chih YC Tang Song-Nien SN Yuan Chi-Tsu CT Tang Jau J Tseng Fan-Gang FG
Nanoscale research letters 20131115 1
This paper presents a novel method for the attachment of a 1.8-nm Au nanoparticle (Au-NP) to the tip of an atomic force microscopy (AFM) probe through the application of a current-limited bias voltage. The resulting probe is capable of picking up individual objects at the sub-4-nm scale. We also discuss the mechanisms involved in the attachment of the Au-NP to the very apex of an AFM probe tip. The Au-NP-modified AFM tips were used to pick up individual 4-nm quantum dots (QDs) using a chemically ...[more]