Novel electrochemical method of fast and reproducible fabrication of metallic nanoelectrodes

作者:Silva E L*; Silva R F; Zheludkevich M; Oliveira F J
来源:Review of Scientific Instruments, 2014, 85(9): 095109.
DOI:10.1063/1.4895639

摘要

A novel electrochemical wire etching method of fabrication of ultrasharp nanoelectrodes is reported. Tungsten wires can be sharpened to less than 10 nm tip radius in a reproducible manner in less than 1 min by using controllable hydrodynamic electrolyte flow combined with optimized electrochemical etching parameters. The method relies on the variations of the electric field at the surface of a metal wire, while the electrolyte solution is in motion, rather than on the ionic gradient generated in a static solution.

  • 出版日期2014-9