A novel cleaning method of gold-coated atomic force microscope tips for their chemical modification

For chemical modification of gold-coated AFM tips with thiol or sulfide compounds, a new two-step precleaning procedure was studied. The two-step cleaning procedure involves (i) oxidation of organic contaminants on the AFM tips with ozone treatment and (ii) reduction of the oxidized gold surface by...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ultramicroscopy 2000-02, Vol.82 (1), p.181-191
Hauptverfasser:	Fujihira, Masamichi, Okabe, Yoh, Tani, Yuki, Furugori, Manabu, Akiba, Uichi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chemical force microscopy Cleaning of gold-coated AFM tips Functionalization of AFM tips with thiol Oxidative cleaning by ozone Reduction of oxidized gold surfaces with hot ethanol
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