Dynamic Meniscus Growth at a Scanning Probe Tip in Contact with a Gold Substrate
- 6 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 110 (21), 10231-10233
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0615914
Abstract
Environmental scanning electron microscopy was used to investigate the dynamic meniscus growth at a cantilever in contact with a substrate. The meniscus was observed to take many minutes to reach an equilibrium state. The observed growth rate is similar to initial patterning rates observed from dip-pen nanolithography and suggest that the meniscus growth may be the rate-limiting step in initial pattering rates.Keywords
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