Print Email Facebook Twitter Nanometer-spaced electrodes with calibrated separation Title Nanometer-spaced electrodes with calibrated separation Author Kervennic, Y.V. Van der Zant, H.S.J. Morpurgo, A.F. Gurevich, L. Kouwenhoven, L.P. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Date 2002-01-14 Abstract We have fabricated pairs of platinum electrodes with separation between 20 and 3.5 nm. Our technique combines electron beam lithography and chemical electrodeposition. We show that the measurement of the conductance between the two electrodes through the electrolyte provides an accurate and reproducible way to control their separation. We have tested the robustness of the electrodes by applying large voltages across them and by using them to measure the transport properties of Au nanoclusters. Our results show that the technique reliably produces metallic electrodes with a separation that bridges the minimum scale accessible by electron beam lithography with the atomic scale. Subject platinumelectrochemical electrodeselectron beam lithographyelectrodepositionCoulomb blockadenanostructured materials To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b3a70939-d74c-48fa-bfbc-c4fe4ce6f373 DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1433914 Publisher American Institute of Physics ISSN 0003-6951 Source http://link.aip.org/link/APPLAB/v80/i2/p321/s1 Source Applied Physics Letters, 80 (2), 2002 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2002 The Author(s); American Institute of Physics Files PDF Kervennic_2002.pdf 268.26 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b3a70939-d74c-48fa-bfbc-c4fe4ce6f373/datastream/OBJ/view